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● Configuring VLAN Tags for Member Interfaces (optional)
● Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel (optional)
Creating a Port Channel
You can create up to 128 port channels with four port members per group on the Aggregator.
To configure a port channel, use the following commands.
1. Create a port channel.
CONFIGURATION mode
interface port-channel id-number
2. Ensure that the port channel is active.
INTERFACE PORT-CHANNEL mode
no shutdown
After you enable the port channel, you can place it in Layer 3 mode. To configure an IP address to place the port channel in
Layer 3 mode, use the switchport command.
You can configure a port channel as you would a physical interface by enabling or configuring protocols or assigning access
control lists.
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel
The physical interfaces in a port channel can be on any line card in the chassis, but must be the same physical type.
NOTE:
Port channels can contain a mix of Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces, but Dell Networking OS
disables the interfaces that are not the same speed of the first channel member in the port channel.
You can add any physical interface to a port channel if the interface configuration is minimal. You can configure only the
following commands on an interface if it is a member of a port channel:
● description
● shutdown/no shutdown
● mtu
● ip mtu (if the interface is on a Jumbo-enabled by default)
NOTE:
A logical port channel interface cannot have flow control. Flow control can only be present on the physical interfaces if they are
part of a port channel.
To view the interface’s configuration, enter INTERFACE mode for that interface and use the show config command or from
EXEC Privilege mode, use the show running-config interface interface command.
When an interface is added to a port channel, Dell Networking OS recalculates the hash algorithm.
To add a physical interface to a port, use the following commands.
1. Add the interface to a port channel.
INTERFACE PORT-CHANNEL mode
channel-member interface
This command is applicable only in PMUX mode.
The interface variable is the physical interface type and slot/port information.
2. Double check that the interface was added to the port channel.
INTERFACE PORT-CHANNEL mode
show config
To view the port channel’s status and channel members in a tabular format, use the show interfaces port-channel
brief command in EXEC Privilege mode, as shown in the following example.
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