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12.1.12.1 Configuring a Port Aggregation
Use static-channel-group and port-channel for configuring port aggregation. Follow
the steps below to configure port aggregation:
1. Create a static channel group for port aggregation and associate an interface with it.
RFSwitch(config)#interface ge 1
RFSwitch(config-if)#static-channel-group 1
2. Execute show static-channel-group and ensure the virtual static aggregation
sa 1 has been created and associated with
ge 1.
3. Select the other interface required for port aggregation and associate the static
channel group to it.
RFSwitch(config)#interface ge 2
RFSwitch(config-if)#static-channel-group 1
4. Execute show static-channel-group and ensure the virtual static aggregation
sa 1 has been created and associated with
ge 2.
Both ge 1 and ge 2 are now aggregated and ready for use.
5. Use the
port-channel command to select the criteria used to determine which link is
selected for a given packet. The port-channel selection is based on either source-
destination IP or source destination MAC
RFS7000(config-if)#port-channel load-balance src-dst-ip
RFS7000(config-if)#
The default port-channel criteria is based on source-destination IP. The port channel
(when configured with
src-dst-ip) does not show up in the running-config. Hence,
this mode is preferred over
src-dst-mac.
NOTE: When a port (GE) is aggregated into a Static Aggregation (SA),
it temporarily takes on the port configuration of the SA.
For example, If GE 1 (previously configured as trunk vlan 1-10) and GE 2
(previously configured as trunk vlan 11-20) are now aggregated as SA 1
and SA 1 is configured as trunk vlan 100-200, then SA 1’s configuration
applies to both GE 1 and GE 2. This new configuration like VLAN, speed,
duplex, MST is now applicable on the ports as long as they are part of
the SA. The ports revert back to the original configuration once they are
removed from the SA.