Cisco Systems N5KC5596TFA Manual De Usuario

Adding a Port to a Port Channel

You can add a port to a new channel group or to a channel group that already contains ports. Cisco NX-OS
creates the port channel associated with this channel group if the port channel does not already exist.

If you want LACP-based port channels, you need to enable LACP.

Note

Procedure

Purpose

Command or Action

Enters configuration mode.

switch# configure terminal

Step 1

Specifies the interface that you want to add to a channel
group and enters the interface configuration mode.

switch(config)# interface type
slot/port

Step 2

(Optional)
Configures the interface as a trunk port.

switch(config-if)# switchport mode
trunk

Step 3

(Optional)
Configures necessary parameters for a trunk port.

switch(config-if)# switchport trunk
{allowed vlan vlan-id | native vlan
vlan-id}

Step 4

Configures the port in a channel group and sets the
mode. The channel-number range is from 1 to 4096.

switch(config-if)# channel-group
channel-number

Step 5

Cisco NX-OS creates the port channel associated with
this channel group if the port channel does not already
exist. This is called implicit port channel creation.

(Optional)
Removes the port from the channel group. The port
reverts to its original configuration.

switch(config-if)# no channel-group

Step 6

This example shows how to add an Ethernet interface 1/4 to channel group 1:

switch#

configure terminal

switch (config)#

interface ethernet 1/4

switch(config-if)#

switchport mode trunk

switch(config-if)#

channel-group 1

Configuring Load Balancing Using Port Channels

You can configure the load-balancing algorithm for port channels that applies to the entire device.

If you want LACP-based port channels, you need to enable LACP.

Note

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)

78-26881-OL

Configuring Port Channels

Adding a Port to a Port Channel