Cisco Nexus 5000 Series - Adding a Port to a Port Channel

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Port Channels
Configuring Port Channels
To create a port channel, perform this task:
This example shows how to create a port channel:
switch# configure terminal
switch (config)# interface port-channel 1
To remove the port channel and delete the associated channel group, perform this task:
Adding a Port to a Port Channel
You can add a port to a new channel group or to a channel group that already contains ports. Cisco
NX-OS creates the port channel associated with this channel group if the port channel does not already
exist.
Enable LACP if you want LACP-based port channels (see the “Enabling LACP” section on page 1-10).
To configure a port channel, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# interface
port-channel channel-number
Specifies the port-channel interface to configure, and
enters the interface configuration mode. The range is
from 1 to 4096. Cisco NX-OS automatically creates the
channel group if it does not already exist.
Note Enter an unused channel number to create a new
port-channel (for Ethernet ports). To view the
range of used and unused channel numbers use
the show port-channel usage command.
Command Purpose
switch(config)# no interface
port-channel channel-number
Removes the port channel and deletes the associated
channel group. See the “Compatibility Requirements”
section on page 1-2 for details on how the interface
configuration changes when you delete the port channel.
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# interface type
slot/port
Specifies the interface that you want to add to a channel
group and enters the interface configuration mode.
Step 3
switch(config-if)# switchport mode
trunk
(Optional) Configures the interface as a trunk port.
Step 4
switch(config-if)# switchport trunk
{allowed vlan vlan-id | native vlan
vlan-id}
(Optional) Configures necessary parameters for a trunk
port.
Step 5
switch(config-if)# channel-group
channel-number
Configures the port in a channel group and sets the mode.
The channel-number range is from 1 to 4096. Cisco
NX-OS creates the port channel associated with this
channel group if the port channel does not already exist
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