Chapter 10 Configuring Link Aggregation on the ML-Series Card

Understanding Encapsulation over FEC or POS Channel

 

Command

Purpose

Step 4

 

 

Router(config-subif)# end

Exits to privileged EXEC mode.

 

 

Note Optionally, you can remain in interface

 

 

configuration mode and enable other

 

 

supported interface commands to meet

 

 

your requirements.

Step 5

 

 

Router# copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Saves the configuration changes to

 

 

NVRAM.

 

 

 

Encapsulation over EtherChannel Example

Figure 10-3shows an example of encapsulation over EtherChannel. The associated code for

ML_Series A is provided in Example 10-5and for ML_Series B in Example 10-6.

Figure 10-3

Encapsulation over EtherChannel Example

 

 

ML-Series

ML-Series

 

Switch_A

Switch_B

Fast Ethernet 1

POS 0

SONET STS-1

POS 0

 

 

 

Fast Ethernet 0

Fast Ethernet 0

Fast Ethernet 1

802.1Q Trunking

802.1Q Trunking

 

VLANs 1 & 2

VLANs 1 & 2

 

 

 

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This encapsulation over EtherChannel example shows how to set up two ONS 15310-CL nodes or ONS 15310-MA nodes with ML-Series cards to interoperate with two switches that also support IEEE 802.1Q encapsulation over EtherChannel. To set up this example, use the configurations in the following sections for both Switch A and Switch B.

Example 10-5 ML_Series A Configuration

hostname ML_Series_A

!

bridge irb

bridge 1 protocol ieee bridge 2 protocol ieee

!

interface Port-channel1 hold-queue 150 in

!

interface Port-channel1.1

encapsulation dot1Q 1 native

bridge-group 1

 

!

 

interface Port-channel1.2

 

encapsulation dot1Q 2

 

bridge-group 2

 

!

 

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