Link Aggregation Group
- 04 Jul 2023
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Link Aggregation Group
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This article describes how to configure and enable Link Aggregation.
Note: To login into Skylight Flex, enter your username (default is root) and password (default is admin123).
Configuration Guidelines
The guidelines for the configuration of Link Aggregation are as follows:
- Port-channel must be enabled in the system for Link aggregation configuration to take effect.
- If 802.1x is enabled on a port, then Link Aggregation can be enabled on that port only when the port is in the authorized state. Link Aggregation cannot be enabled on unauthorized ports.
Default Configurations
| Feature | Default Setting |
|---|---|
| Port-channel | Disabled |
| Channel-groups | None |
| LACP System Priority | 0x8000 or 32768 |
| Load balancing | Source and Destination MAC address based |
| LACP Port Priority | 128 on all interfaces |
| LACP Wait time | 2 |
| LACP timeout | long: The long timeout value means that LACP PDU is expected every 30 seconds (LACP packets to be received every 30 seconds) and LACP timeout value (no packet is received from the peer) is 90 seconds |
| MAC-selection | dynamic: Port-channel MAC address is the address of an active port |
Enabling Link Aggregation
Link Aggregation is disabled by default.
▶ To enable Link Aggregation
- Create port channel and configure it as providerNetworkport with TPID configured.
Note: Supported TPID 0x8100, 0x9100, 0x88a8.
Your Product# configure terminal
Your Product(config)# no shutdown port-channel
Your Product(config)# interface port-channel 40
Your Product(config-if)# bridge port-type providerNetworkPort
Your Product(config-if)# switchport egress ether-type 0x88a8
Your Product(config-if)# switchport egress inner-ether-type 0x8100
Your Product(config-if)# no shutdown
Your Product(config-if)# end
Your Product#
- Execute the following commands in both switches to enable Link Aggregation.
- Enter the Global Configuration mode.
Your Product# configure terminal
- Enable port channel.
Your Product(config)# set port-channel enable
- Exit from the Global configuration mode.
Your Product(config)# end
- Map physical member port to port-channel interface.
Your Product# configure terminal
Your Product(config)# interface xl-ethernet 0/1
Your Product(config-if)# channel-group 40 mode on
Your Product(config-if)# no shutdown
Your Product(config-if)# end
Your Product# configure terminal
Your Product(config)# interface xl-ethernet 0/2
Your Product(config-if)# channel-group 40 mode on
Your Product(config-if)# no shutdown
Your Product(config-if)# end
- Configure the Maximum member port count for port-channel.
Your Product# configure terminal
Your Product(config)# interface port-channel 40
Your Product(config-if)# port-channel max-ports 2
Your Product(config-if)# end
Your Product#
Note: This has to be set as "1", for 1:1 Active : Active Lag.
5. View the etherchannel information using the following command.
Your Product# show etherchannel summary
The output in Switch A and Switch B is:
Port-channel Module Admin Status is enabled
Port-channel Module Oper Status is enabled
Port-channel Independent mode is disabled
Port-channel System Identifier is 00:01:02:03:04:05
Note: The following command is used to shut down the entire LA module: Your Product(config)# shutdown port-channel.
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