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Either Channel Question

bravealikhanbravealikhan Registered Users Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
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Hi

I have two Cisco 2960 Switches (in lab environment, named as Sw1 & Sw2), I connected both switches via two Giga 0/1 & 0/2 with Cross over cable.

On Switch1 i did the following configuration to make an either channel:

Sw-1:

Config t
interface range giga 0/1 - 2
interface mode trunk
channel-group 1 mode desirable

One Sw-2

Config t
interface range giga 0/1 - 2
interface mode trunk
channel-group 1 mode desirable

When i see show ip interface bri on switch 1:

it show:

Giga 1 is up up
giga 2 is status up protocl down
port-channel1 up up

I have attached two screen shot of Show ip interface bri
and
show interface port-channel 1 etherchannel


I'll appreciate if someone guide how do i properly configure Etherchannel.... do i need to make a trunk link or either channel can work without trunking...

Thanks

Regards

Ali
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    HondabuffHondabuff Member Posts: 667 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Here is the down and dirty way with enabling PAGP or LACP.

    Switch>en
    Switch#conf t
    Switch(config)#int range gigabitEthernet 0/1 - 2
    Switch(config-if-range)#shut

    Switch(config-if-range)#
    %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to administratively down
    %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to down
    %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/2, changed state to administratively down
    %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/2, changed state to down

    Switch(config-if-range)#switchport mode trunk
    Switch(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode on
    Switch(config-if-range)#
    Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 1
    Switch(config-if-range)#no shut
    %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to up
    %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to up
    %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Port-channel 1, changed state to up
    %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Port-channel 1, changed state to up
    %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/2, changed state to up
    %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/2, changed state to up
    Switch(config-if-range)#
    Switch(config-if-range)#exit
    Switch#show etherchannel summary
    Flags: D - down P - in port-channel
    I - stand-alone s - suspended
    H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
    R - Layer3 S - Layer2
    U - in use f - failed to allocate aggregator
    u - unsuitable for bundling
    w - waiting to be aggregated
    d - default port

    Number of channel-groups in use: 1
    Number of aggregators: 1
    Group Port-channel Protocol Ports
    +
    +
    +
    1 Po1(SU) - Gig0/1(P) Gig0/2(P)
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    dsgmdsgm Member Posts: 228 ■■■□□□□□□□
    If i remember correctly it should not be in trunk, or doesnt need to be, i may be wrong
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    HondabuffHondabuff Member Posts: 667 ■■■□□□□□□□
    dsgm wrote: »
    If i remember correctly it should not be in trunk, or doesnt need to be, i may be wrong

    That's the whole point of Etherchannel is to make a aggregated trunk port of multiple links up to 8.
    You might be thinking of a L3 Portchannel where you assign the portchannel an IP address.
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    dsgmdsgm Member Posts: 228 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Hondabuff wrote: »
    That's the whole point of Etherchannel is to make a aggregated trunk port of multiple links up to 8.
    You might be thinking of a L3 Portchannel where you assign the portchannel an IP address.

    you are correct sir
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    bravealikhanbravealikhan Registered Users Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Hi, thanks for your reply,

    I tried the above commands but result was same.. on GigabitEthernet ports

    But when i tried following commands on FastEthernet 23-24 to make an EtherChannel and its work fine,

    SW-1:

    # Interface range FastEthernet 0/23 - 24
    # channel-protocol PaGP
    # channel-group 1 mode desirable

    SW-2:

    # Interface range FastEthernet 0/23 - 24
    # channel-protocol PaGP
    # channel-group 1 mode desirable


    Why i am not be able to bundled on GigabitEthernet Ports?
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    HondabuffHondabuff Member Posts: 667 ■■■□□□□□□□
    What version of Packet tracer? I'm using 6.1.0.0120 and it works fine on the gig ports.
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