Etherchannel in Cisco Switch
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EtherChannel in Cisco switch developed by Cisco for grouping several
switchports into one single logical channel. The switch ports grouped in an
EtherChannel in Cisco switch, are treated as a single port. There are two
versions of EtherChannel in computer networking PAgP and LACP. The standard
version is LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol. The Cisco version is PAgP
Port Aggregation Protocol. The functionality of both versions is same the
difference is only of configuration in both versions.
Requirement of EtherChannel in Cisco switch
I take the scenario shown in below diagram. Here we have two
switch connected with each other on a 100 mb/s speed. This is because the speed
of each switch port is maximum 100 mb/s. The data between both switches can be
transfers upto 100 mb/s speed maximum.
Configuration of Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
LACP link aggregation control protocol defined in 802.3ad. LACP
protocol is used to create an EtherChannel between two switches. There are multiple
modes which can be set according to our requirement. The ON mode allow the
interface to be a part of EtherChannel without any negotiation. The OFF mode
remove the EtherChannel from the switchports. In Active mode the ports forcefully became a part of
EtherChannel. In Passive mode the port became a part of EtherChannel only when
requested from the opposite switch. We Run the below commands
in CLI of
switch 1
to create EtherChannel.
Switch1>
Switch1>en
Switch1#config t
Switch1(config)# interface fa0/1
Switch1(config-if)# channel-group mode active
Switch1(config)# interface fa0/2
Switch1(config-if)# channel-group mode active
Switch1(config)# interface port-channel 1
Switch1(config-if)# switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
Switch1(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
Switch1(config-if)# do wr
After running above command in CLI of switch1 configure the
switch2 by running the below commands.
Switch2>
Switch2>en
Switch2#config t
Switch2(config)# interface fa0/1
Switch2(config-if)# channel-group mode active
Switch2(config)# interface fa0/2
Switch2(config-if)# channel-group mode active
Switch2(config)# interface port-channel 1
Switch2(config-if)# switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
Switch2(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
Switch2(config-if)# do wr
Configuration of Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP)
Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) is a Cisco proprietary
protocol. PAgP protocol is used to form the EtherChannel in Cisco switch. There are different
modes for PAgP protocol EtherChannel. The modes are ON, Desirable, Auto and
off. On mode allow a port to be a part of EtherChannel. Desirable mode allow a
port to be a part of EtherChannel permanently. Auto mode allow a port to be a
part of EtherChannel when required by opposite side switch. OFF mode remove the
port from the EtherChannel. So to configure the PAgP run the below commands
in CLI of
switch1.
Switch1>
Switch1>en
Switch1#config t
Switch1(config)# interface fa0/1
Switch1(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode desirable
Switch1(config)# interface fa0/2
Switch1(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode desirable
Switch1(config)# interface port-channel 1
Switch1(config-if)# switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
Switch1(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
Similarly run the below commands in CLI of switch2 .
Switch2>
Switch2>en
Switch2#config t
Switch2(config)# interface fa0/1
Switch2(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode desirable
Switch2(config)# interface fa0/2
Switch2(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode desirable
Switch2(config)# interface port-channel 1
Switch2(config-if)# switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
Switch2(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
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