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Sample Configuration
Dell# config terminal
Dell(conf)# no io-aggregator auto-lag enable
Dell(conf)# end
Dell# show io-aggregator auto-lag status
Auto LAG creation on server port(s) is disabled
Dell#
Dell# config terminal
Dell(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 0/1
Dell(config-if-te-0/1)# no auto-lag enable
Dell(config-if-te-0/1)# show config
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1
mtu 12000
portmode hybrid
switchport
no auto-lag enable
!
protocol lldp
advertise management-tlv management-address system-name
dcbx port-role auto-downstream
no shutdown
Dell#
Configuring the Minimum Number of Links to be Up
for Uplink LAGs to be Active
You can activate the LAG bundle for uplink interfaces or ports (the uplink port-channel is LAG 128) on the I/O Aggregator only
when a minimum number of member interfaces of the LAG bundle is up. For example, based on your network deployment, you
may want the uplink LAG bundle to be activated only if a certain number of member interface links is also in the up state. If
you enable this setting, the uplink LAG bundle is brought up only when the specified minimum number of links are up and the
LAG bundle is moved to the down state when the number of active links in the LAG becomes less than the specified number of
interfaces. By default, the uplink LAG 128 interface is activated when at least one member interface is up.
To configure the minimum number of member links that must be up for a LAG bundle to be fully up, perform the following steps:
Specify the minimum number of member interfaces of the uplink LAG 128 bundle that must be up for the LAG bundle to be
brought up. The default minimum number of member links that must be active for the uplink LAG to be active is 1. Enter the
minimum-links number command in the Port Channel Interface 128 Configuration mode to specify this value.
Dell(conf)#interface port-channel 128
Dell(conf-if-po-128)#minimum-links 4
Use the show interfaces port-channel command to view information regarding the configured LAG or port channel
settings. The Minimum number of links to bring Port-channel up is field in the output of this command displays the
configured number of active links for the LAG to be enabled.
Dell#show interfaces port-channel 128
Port-channel 128 is up, line protocol is down(minimum links not up)
Created by LACP protocol
Hardware address is 00:01:02:03:04:05, Current address is 00:01:02:03:04:05
Interface index is 1107492992
Minimum number of links to bring Port-channel up is 4
Internet address is not set
Mode of IPv4 Address Assignment : NONE
DHCP Client-ID :000102030405
MTU 12000 bytes, IP MTU 11982 bytes
LineSpeed auto
Members in this channel:
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 05:22:24
Queueing strategy: fifo
Input Statistics:
Link Aggregation
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