Chapter 10 Configuring Link Aggregation on the ML-Series Card

Configuring Link Aggregation

Caution

The POS channel interface is the routed interface. Do not enable Layer 3 addresses on any physical

 

interfaces. Do not assign bridge groups on any physical interfaces because doing so creates loops.

 

 

 

 

 

To assign POS interfaces to the POS channel, perform the following procedure, beginning in global

 

configuration mode:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command

Purpose

Step 1

 

 

 

Router(config)# interface pos number

Enters the interface configuration mode to

 

 

configure the POS interface that you want to

 

 

assign to the POS channel.

Step 2

 

 

 

Router(config-if)# channel-group

Assigns the POS interface to the POS channel. The

 

channel-number

channel number must be the same channel number

 

 

that you assigned to the POS channel interface.

Step 3

 

 

 

Router(config-if)# end

Exits to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 4

 

 

 

Router# copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Saves the configuration changes to

 

 

NVRAM.

 

 

 

 

POS Channel Configuration Example

Figure 10-2shows an example of POS channel configuration. The associated code for ML_Series A is provided in Example 10-3and for ML_Series B in Example 10-4.

Figure 10-2 POS Channel Example

ML_Series A

ML_Series B

port-channel 1

 

pos 0

 

 

pos 0

 

 

 

bridge-group 1

SONET STS-N

bridge-group 1

 

 

bridge-group 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pos 1

 

 

pos 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bridge-group 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

port-channel 1 bridge-group 1

bridge-group 1

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Example 10-3 ML_Series A Configuration

no ip routing

bridge 1 protocol ieee

!

!

interface Port-channel1

no ip address

 

bridge-group 1

 

!

 

interface FastEthernet0

 

no ip address

 

bridge-group 1

 

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