Users Guide

As soon as a physical interface is added to a port channel, the properties of the port channel determine the properties of the physical
interface. The conguration and status of the port channel are also applied to the physical interfaces within the port channel. For example,
if the port channel is in Layer 2 mode, you cannot add an IP address or a static MAC address to an interface that is part of that port
channel. In the following example, interface 1/6 is part of port channel 5, which is in Layer 2 mode, and an error message appeared when an
IP address was congured.
DellEMC(conf-if-portch)#show config
!
interface Port-channel 5
no ip address
switchport
channel-member GigabitEthernet 1/6
DellEMC(conf-if-portch)#int Gi 1/6
DellEMC(conf-if)#ip address 10.56.4.4 /24
% Error: Port is part of a LAG Gi 1/6.
DellEMC(conf-if)#
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel
An interface can be a member of only one port channel. If the interface is a member of a port channel, remove it from the rst port channel
and then add it to the second port channel.
Each time you add or remove a channel member from a port channel, Dell EMC Networking OS recalculates the hash algorithm for the port
channel.
To reassign an interface to a new port channel, use the following commands.
1 Remove the interface from the rst port channel.
INTERFACE PORT-CHANNEL mode
no channel-member interface
2 Change to the second port channel INTERFACE mode.
INTERFACE PORT-CHANNEL mode
interface port-channel id number
3 Add the interface to the second port channel.
INTERFACE PORT-CHANNEL mode
channel-member interface
Example of Moving an Interface to a New Port Channel
The following example shows moving an interface from port channel 4 to port channel 3.
DellEMC(conf-if-po-4)#show config
!
interface Port-channel 4
no ip address
channel-member GigabitEthernet 1/8
no shutdown
DellEMC(conf-if-po-4)#no chann gi 1/8
DellEMC(conf-if-po-4)#int port 3
DellEMC(conf-if-po-3)#channel gi 1/8
DellEMC(conf-if-po-3)#sho conf
!
interface Port-channel 3
no ip address
channel-member GigabitEthernet 1/8
shutdown
DellEMC(conf-if-po-3)#
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