Configuring Port Channel

Port channel configuration on the Cisco Nexus switches includes the following steps:

1. Enable the LACP feature. This step is required only if you are using active mode or passive mode.

2. Configure the physical interface of the switch with the channel-group command and specify the channel number. You can also specify the channel mode on, active, or passive within the channel-group command. This command automatically creates an interface port channel with the number that you specified in the command.

3. Configure the newly created interface port channel with the appropriate configuration, such as description, trunk configuration, allowed VLANs, and so on.

Figure 1-7 shows configuration of a port channel between two switches. ...

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