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Lecture 42 Ether Channel

EtherChannel allows multiple physical Ethernet links to be combined into a single logical link to provide increased bandwidth and improved fault tolerance. It uses Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) or Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) to dynamically or statically negotiate the creation of the EtherChannel across physical links that have the same speed and duplex settings. This results in benefits like load balancing traffic across the links and automatic rerouting of traffic if a physical link fails. EtherChannel can be configured in different modes for both layer 2 access and trunk ports as well as layer 3 routed ports.

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Lecture 42 Ether Channel

EtherChannel allows multiple physical Ethernet links to be combined into a single logical link to provide increased bandwidth and improved fault tolerance. It uses Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) or Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) to dynamically or statically negotiate the creation of the EtherChannel across physical links that have the same speed and duplex settings. This results in benefits like load balancing traffic across the links and automatic rerouting of traffic if a physical link fails. EtherChannel can be configured in different modes for both layer 2 access and trunk ports as well as layer 3 routed ports.

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ETHERCHANNEL

EtherChannel is a technology used to combine multiple physical Ethernet


links between two switches into a single logical link. This provides
increased bandwidth, improved fault tolerance, and load balancing across
the physical links.
With EtherChannel, multiple physical links are combined into a single
logical link using a Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) or a Cisco
proprietary protocol called Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP). The physical
links in an EtherChannel must have the same speed and duplex settings.
Once the physical links are combined into a logical link, the switches
treat the logical link as a single connection, rather than multiple
individual connections. This provides several benefits:

1. Increased bandwidth: EtherChannel combines the bandwidth of multiple


physical links, providing increased bandwidth for high-speed data
transfer between switches.
2. Fault tolerance: If one of the physical links fails, traffic is
automatically rerouted through the remaining links, providing
improved fault tolerance.
3. Load balancing: Traffic is distributed across the available physical
links, providing improved load balancing and reducing congestion on
individual links.

EtherChannel can be configured in different modes, including:


 Static: This mode manually configures the EtherChannel by specifying
the physical links to be included in the logical link.
 Dynamic: This mode uses LACP or PAgP to dynamically negotiate the
creation of the EtherChannel.

Open Stander Cisco Proprietary Static EtherChannel


LACP PAGP ON
Active Desirable
Passive Auto

ETHERCHANNEL

Layer 2 Layer 3
Access Port IP Base
Trunk Port

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LAB 1– ETHERCHANNEL
ACCESS PORT WITH LACP

Switch A
A(config)#int Range fastEthernet 0/1 - 2
A(config-if-range)#switchport mode access
A(config-if-range)#switchport access vlan 10
A(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode active

Switch B
B(config)#int range f 0/1 - 2
B(config-if-range)#switchport mode access
B(config-if-range)#switchport access vlan 10
B(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode passive

Verification
A#show etherchannel summary
+ + +
10 Po10(SU) LACP Fa0/1(P) Fa0/2(P)

S means Layer 2 & U means in Use LACP Protocol Using

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LAB 2–ETHERCHANNEL
Access Port with PAgP

Switch A
A(config-if-range)#switchport mode access
A(config-if-range)#switchport access vlan 10
A(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode desirable

Switch B
B(config)#interface r f 0/1 - 2
B(config-if-range)#switchport mode access
B(config-if-range)#switchport access vlan 10
B(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode auto

B#show etherchannel summary


10 Po10(SU) PAgP Fa0/1(P)
Fa0/2(P)B#

B#show spanning-tree
Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

Po10 Desg FWD 9 128.27 Shr

Prove because cost is less than 19

How to Lab Set Default


A#show ip int brief
Port-channel 10 unassigned YES unset down down
A#
A(config)#no int port-channel 10
A(config)#default interface range fastEthernet 0/1 - 2

B#show ip int brief


Port-channel 10 unassigned YES unset down down
B#
B(config)#no int port-channel 10
B(config)#default interface range fastEthernet 0/1 - 2

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LAB 3 – ETHERCHANNEL
Trunk Port with PAgP (DYNAMIC WAY FOR LAYER-2)

Switch A
A(config)#interface range fastEthernet 0/1 - 2
A(config-if-range)#shutdown
A(config-if-range)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
A(config-if-range)#switchport mode trunk
A(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode desirable

Switch B
B(config)#int range fastEthernet 0/1 - 2
B(config-if-range)#shutdown
B(config-if-range)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
B(config-if-range)#switchport mode trunk
B(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode auto
B(config-if-range)#no shutdown

Switch A
A(config-if-range)#no
shutdownA(config-if-
range)#exit A(config)#
A#show etherchannel summary
+ + +
10 Po10(SU) PAgP Fa0/1(P) Fa0/2(P)

A#show spanning-tree
Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr

TypePo10 Desg FWD 9 128.27 Shr

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LAB 4 – ETHERCHANNEL (STAIC WAY FOR LAYER-3)

Switch A
Switch_A(config)#int range fastEthernet 0/31 - 32
Switch_A(config-if-range)#shutdown
Switch_A(config-if-range)#no switchport
Switch_A(config-if-range)#no ip address
Switch_A(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode on
Switch_A(config-if-range)#exit

Switch_A(config)#IP Routing
Switch_A(config)#int port-channel 10
Switch_A(config-if)#ip address 5.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
Switch_A(config-if)#exit
Switch B
Switch_B(config)#interface range fastEthernet 0/31 - 32
Switch_B(config-if-range)#shutdown
Switch_B(config-if-range)#no switchport
Switch_B(config-if-range)#no ip address
Switch_B(config-if-range)#channel-group 10 mode on
Switch_B(config-if-range)#exit

Switch_B(config)#IP Routing
Switch_B(config)#int port-channel 10
Switch_B(config-if)#ip address 5.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
Switch_B(config-if)#exit

Switch A
Switch_A(config)#int range fastEthernet 0/31 - 32
Switch_A(config-if-range)#no shutdown
Switch_A(config-if-range)#exit

Switch B
Switch_B(config)#interface range fastEthernet 0/31 - 32
Switch_B(config-if-range)#no shutdown
Switch_B(config-if-range)#exit

Verification
Switch_A#show etherchannel summary
+ + + 10

Switch_B#show etherchannel summary


+ + 10

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Switch_A#show spanning-tree
No spanning tree instance exists.
Switch_A#
Switch_B#show spanning-tree
No spanning tree instances exist.
Switch_B#

Switch_A#ping 5.1.1.2
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 5.1.1.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/4 ms
Switch_A#

Switch_B#ping 5.1.1.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 5.1.1.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/4 ms
Switch_B#

HO_SW_3560(config)#no interface port-channel 10

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