IBM NH2025-10 Getting the EtherChannel Configuration, Setting the EtherChannel Configuration

Configuring, Modifying, and Monitoring the Unit

EtherChannel

The EtherChannel feature is also known under the name of Port Trunking. It allows equipment to pass data through multiple physical links. Providing an extended bandwidth and redundancy.

NOTE: If you want to use this feature in conjunction with VLAN be aware that you must set exactly the same VLAN configuration for each physical link that belongs to the EtherChannel group.

Also, before proceeding to the configuration of trunking ports you should be aware of the following considerations:

1.You cannot mix different media types (for example, optical and copper) in the same group.

2.You cannot declare more than 8 ports in a group.

3.You should declare groups with ports belonging to the same switching engine. You may declare a group using ports 1 to 8, or port 9 to 17 or port 18 to 24 or port 25 and 26.

NOTE: The EM2025-2GE module does not support EtherChannel groups.

Getting the EtherChannel Configuration

get-ec-tbl

The get-ec-tblcommand retrieves the EtherChannel configuration.

get-ec-tbl {runnvramall}

Example

SYS_telnet>get-ec-tbl run

Ethernet Channel Table from RUN database

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Ether-Channel-ID Ports

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Setting the EtherChannel Configuration

new-ec

The new-eccommand sets the EtherChannel port configuration. EtherChannel allows the switch to split the traffic between two or more links.

new-ec Create a new EtherChannel

[arg #0] database type - either {runnvramall} [arg #1] Ports - ports list in format: d1-...-dn

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