Port Channel Commands

interface port-channel

The interface port-channelGlobal Configuration mode command enters the interface configuration mode of a specific port-channel.

Syntax

interface port-channel port-channel-number

port-channel-number—A valid port-channel trunk index.

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode

User Guidelines

Eight aggregated links can be defined with up to 8 member ports per port channel.Turning off auto-negotiation of an aggregate link may, under some circumstances, make it non- operational. If the other side has auto-negotiation turned on, it may re-synchronize all members of the aggregated link to half-duplex operation, and may, as per the standards, set them all to inactive.

Example

The following example enters the context of port-channel number 1.

Console (config)# interface port-channel 1

interface range port-channel

The interface range port-channelGlobal Configuration mode command enters the interface configuration mode to configure multiple port-channels.

Syntax

interface range port-channel {port-channel-range all}

port-channel-range—List of port-channels to configure. Separate non-consecutive port- channels with a comma and no spaces. A hyphen designates a range of port-channels.

all—All the channel-ports.

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5324 specifications

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