Deployment Guide
is a TenGigabit Ethernet interface, all interfaces at 1000 Mbps are kept up, and all 100/1000/10000 interfaces that are not set to 1000
Mbps speed or auto negotiate are disabled.
1GbE and 10GbE Interfaces in Port Channels
When both Gigabit and TenGigabitEthernet interfaces are added to a port channel, the interfaces must share a common speed. When
interfaces have a congured speed dierent from the port channel speed, the software disables those interfaces.
The common speed is determined when the port channel is rst enabled. At that time, the software checks the rst interface listed in the
port channel conguration. If that interface is enabled, its speed conguration becomes the common speed of the port channel. If the
other interfaces congured in that port channel are congured with a dierent speed, Dell Networking OS disables them.
For example, if four interfaces (TenGig 0/1, 0/2, 0/3 and 0/4) in which TenGig 0/1and TenGig 0/2 are set to speed 1000 Mb/s and the
TenGig 0/3 and TenGig0/4 are set to 10000 Mb/s, with all interfaces enabled, and you add them to a port channel by entering channel-
member tengigabitethernet
0/1-4 while in port channel interface mode, and the Dell Networking OS determines if the rst
interface specied (TenGig 0/0) is up. After it is up, the common speed of the port channel is 1000 Mb/s. Dell Networking OS disables
those interfaces congured with speed 10000 Mb/s or whose speed is 10000 Mb/s as a result of auto-negotiation.
In this example, you can change the common speed of the port channel by changing its conguration so the rst enabled interface
referenced in the conguration is a 1000 Mb/s speed interface. You can also change the common speed of the port channel by setting the
speed of the TenGig 0/1 interface to 1000 Mb/s.
Uplink Port Channel: VLAN Membership
The tagged VLAN membership of the uplink LAG is automatically congured based on the VLAN conguration of all server-facing ports
(ports 1 to 32).
The untagged VLAN used for the uplink LAG is always the default VLAN 1.
Server-Facing Port Channel: VLAN Membership
The tagged VLAN membership of a server-facing LAG is automatically congured based on the server-facing ports that are members of
the LAG.
The untagged VLAN of a server-facing LAG is auto-congured based on the untagged VLAN to which the lowest numbered server-facing
port in the LAG belongs.
Displaying Port Channel Information
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.
Dell#show int port brief
Codes: L - LACP Port-channel
LAG Mode Status Uptime Ports
1 L2 down 00:00:00 Te 0/16 (Down)
Dell#
To display detailed information on a port channel, enter the show interfaces port-channel command in EXEC Privilege mode. The below
example shows the port channel’s mode (L2 for Layer 2, L3 for Layer 3, and L2L3 for a Layer 2 port channel assigned to a routed VLAN),
the status, and the number of interfaces belonging to the port channel.
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Interfaces