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interface port-channel
Follow these guidelines when you use the interface port-channel command:
• If you want to use the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), you must configure it only on the physical
port and not on the port-channel interface.
• Do not configure a port that is an active member of an EtherChannel as an IEEE 802.1x port. If
IEEE 802.1x is enabled on a not-yet active port of an EtherChannel, the port does not join the
EtherChannel.
For a complete list of configuration guidelines, see the “Configuring EtherChannels” chapter in the
software configuration guide for this release.
Examples This example shows how to create a port-channel interface with a port channel number of 5:
Switch(config)# interface port-channel 5
You can verify your setting by entering the show running-config privileged EXEC or show
etherchannel channel-group-number detail privileged EXEC command.
Related Commands Command Description
channel-group Assigns an Ethernet port to an EtherChannel group.
show etherchannel Displays EtherChannel information for a channel.
show running-config Displays the current operating configuration. For syntax information, select
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, Release 12.2
> File Management Commands > Configuration File Management
Commands.