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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.x
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Chapter 6 Configuring Port Channels
Configuring Port Channels
• Adding a Layer 3 Port to a Port Channel, page 6-19
• Configuring the Bandwidth and Delay for Informational Purposes, page 6-21
• Shutting Down and Restarting the Port-Channel Interface, page 6-22
• Configuring a Port-Channel Description, page 6-24
• Configuring the Speed and Duplex Settings for a Port-Channel Interface, page 6-25
• Configuring Flow Control, page 6-26
• Configuring Load Balancing Using Port Channels, page 6-27
• Enabling LACP, page 6-29
• Configuring LACP Port-Channel Port Modes, page 6-30
• Configuring LACP Port-Channel MinLinks, page 6-31
• Configuring the LACP Port-Channel MaxBundle, page 6-32
• Configuring the LACP Fast Timer Rate, page 6-34
• Configuring the LACP System Priority, page 6-34
• Configuring the LACP Port Priority, page 6-35
• Disabling LACP Graceful Convergence, page 6-36
• Disabling LACP Suspend Individual, page 6-39
Note See Chapter 2, “Configuring Basic Interface Parameters,” for information on configuring the MTU for
the port-channel interface. See
Chapter 4, “Configuring Layer 3 Interfaces,” for information on
configuring IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on the port-channel interface.
Note If you are familiar with the Cisco IOS CLI, be aware that the Cisco NX-OS commands for this feature
might differ from the Cisco IOS commands that you would use.
Creating a Port Channel
You can create a port channel before you create a channel group. The software automatically creates the
associated channel group.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Enable LACP if you want LACP-based port channels.
Ensure that you are in the correct VDC (or use the switchto vdc command).
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. interface port-channel channel-number
3. show port-channel summary
4. copy running-config startup-config
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