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• ip mtu (if the interface is on a Jumbo-enabled by default.)
To view the interface’s configuration, enter INTERFACE mode for that interface and use the 
show config 
command or from EXEC Privilege mode, use the 
show running-config interface interface command.
To add a physical interface to a port channel, use these commands in the following sequence in 
INTERFACE mode of a port channel: 
To view the port channel’s status and channel members in a tabular format, use the 
show interfaces 
port-channel brief
 command in EXEC Privilege mode (Figure 13-10). 
Figure 13-10.  show interfaces port-channel brief Command Example
Note:  The MXL Switch supports jumbo frames by default (the default maximum transmission unit [MTU] 
is 1554 bytes) You can configure the MTU using the 
mtu command from INTERFACE mode.
Step Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
1
channel-member interface
INTERFACE 
PORT-CHANNEL
Add the interface to a port channel.
The interface variable is the physical interface 
type and slot/port information.
2
show config
INTERFACE 
PORT-CHANNEL
Double check that the interface was added to 
the port channel.
FTOS#show int port brief
Codes: L - LACP Port-channel
    LAG  Mode  Status       Uptime      Ports
    1    L3    down         00:00:00    Te 0/16    (Down)
FTOS#