CLI Guide

Version Description
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.2.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
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, see “Configuring Redundant Links” in the Layer 2 section in the Dell
EMC Networking OS Configuration Guide.
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 EMC Networking OS, a LAG is referred to as a Port Channel.
● The platform supports 4096 port channels and 16 members per port channel.
As 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 have no members if there are not enough ports
installed. But stack members can provide those ports.
NOTE:
The Dell EMC Networking OS implementation of LAG or Port Channel requires that you configure a LAG on both
switches manually. For information about Dell EMC Networking OS link aggregation control protocol (LACP) for dynamic
LAGs, refer to the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) chapter. For more information about configuring and using
Port Channels, refer to the Dell EMC Networking OS Configuration Guide.
channel-member
Add an interface to the Port Channel, while in INTERFACE PORTCHANNEL mode.
Syntax
channel-member interface
To delete an interface from a Port Channel, use the no channel-member interface command.
Parameters
interface (OPTIONAL) Enter any of the following keywords and the interface information:
● For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet then the stack/slot/port/subport information.
● For a 25-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword twentyFiveGigE
then the stack/slot/port/subport information.
● For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fortyGigE then the
stack/slot/port[/subport] information.
● For a 50-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fiftyGigE then the
stack/slot/port/subport information.
● For a 100-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword hundredGigE then
the stack/slot/port information.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes INTERFACE PORTCHANNEL
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell
EMC Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
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