Dell 9.7(0.0) manual Port Channel Commands, Usage Information Related Commands VersionDescription

Usage Information

Related Commands

VersionDescription

9.0.2.0Introduced on the S6000.

8.3.19.0Introduced on the S4820T.

8.3.11.1Introduced on the Z9000.

8.5.1.0Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on ExaScale.

8.4.1.0Added support for port-channel interfaces (the port- channel number option).

8.3.7.0Introduced on the S4810.

8.1.1.0Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.

7.7.1.0Added the backup interface option.

7.6.1.0Introduced on the S-Series.

7.5.1.0Introduced on the C-Series.

pre-Version	Introduced on the E-Series.
6.2.1.0

If an IP address or VRRP group is assigned to the interface, you cannot use the switchport command on the interface. To use the switchport command on an interface, only the no ip address and no shutdown statements must be listed in the show config output.

When you enter the switchport command, the interface is automatically added to the default VLAN.

To use the switchport backup interface command on a port, first enter the switchport command. For more information, refer to the “Configuring Redundant Links” section in the “Layer 2” chapter of the Dell Networking OS Configuration Guide.

interface port-channel — creates a port channel interface.

show interfaces switchport — displays information about switchport interfaces.

Port Channel Commands

A Link Aggregation Group (LAG) is a group of links that appear to a MAC client as if they were a single link according to IEEE 802.3ad. In Dell Networking OS, a LAG is referred to as a Port Channel.

•For the S-Series and Z9000, the maximum port channel ID is 128 and the maximum members per port channel is 16.

Because each port can be assigned to only one Port Channel, and each Port Channel must have at least one port, some of those nominally available Port Channels might have no function because they could

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