EtherChannel Question

I'm trying to seutp EtherChannel on my switches(WS-354

and I'm getting the following errors. Any ideas?

S2(config)#int ?
FastEthernet FastEthernet IEEE 802.3
GigabitEthernet GigabitEthernet IEEE 802.3z
Multilink Multilink-group interface
Port-channel Ethernet Channel of interfaces
VLAN Switch VLAN Virtual Interface
Virtual-TokenRing Virtual TokenRing

S2(config)#int port
S2(config)#int port-channel 1
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

*edit* that carat should be pointing at port but after i save it moves it.

S2(config)#

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Comments

nevolved

Try designating 2 interfaces to be part of the same channel group first. It seems like some switches want that first before accessing the port channel interface.

ie under interface conf mode

if1#>channel-group 1 mode on

if2#>channel-group 1 mode on

I am not sure though, I don't have tons of experience with etherchannels.

aordal

Hmm.. I don't seem to have any commands similar to what you've put.

tiersten

aordal wrote: »

Hmm.. I don't seem to have any commands similar to what you've put.

You're using an old XL switch and they changed how it works in newer ones. This is one of the reasons why it isn't ideal to have the XL switches.

Do "port group <number>" for each interface you want to be part of your etherchannel instead.

tiersten

Creating EtherChannel Port Groups for a XL switch.

aordal

Ah cool, I was dinking with the port group # command inside a few interfaces individually but the port channel command was still failing so I figured that wasnt helping me.

Thanks for the info!

And yeah, I've been meaning to get a little better switch, maybe in a few weeks.