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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