Reference Guide

interface port-channel
Create a Port Channel interface, which is a link aggregation group (LAG) containing 16 physical interfaces on the S-Series.
Z9500
Syntax
interface port-channel channel-number
To delete a Port Channel, use the no interface port-channel channel-number command.
Parameters
channel-number For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then a number.
The range is from 1 to 512.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.12.0 Introduced on S4810.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on Z9000.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series.
pre-Version
6.2.1.0
Introduced on E-Series.
Usage
Information
Port Channel interfaces are logical interfaces and can be either in Layer 2 mode (by using the
switchport command) or Layer 3 mode (by configuring an IP address). You can add a Port Channel in
Layer 2 mode to a VLAN.
The shutdown, description, and name commands are the only commands that you can configure on
an interface while it is a member of a Port Channel. To add a physical interface to a Port Channel, the
interface can only have the shutdown, description, and name commands configured. The Port
Channel’s configuration is applied to the interfaces within the Port Channel.
A Port Channel can contain both 100/1000 interfaces and GE interfaces. Based on the first interface
configured in the Port Channel and enabled, Dell Networking OS determines if the Port Channel uses 100
Mb/s or 1000 Mb/s as the common speed. For more information, refer to channel-member.
If the line card is in a Jumbo mode chassis, you can also configure the mtu and ip mtu commands. The
Link MTU and IP MTU values configured on the channel members must be greater than the Link MTU and
IP MTU values configured on the Port Channel interface.
NOTE: In a Jumbo-enabled system, all members of a Port Channel must be configured with the same
link MTU values and the same IP MTU values.
Example
Dell(conf)#int port-channel 2
Dell(conf-if-po-2)#
Related
Commands
channel-member — adds a physical interface to the LAG.
668 Interfaces