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LACP-Enabled and Static Port Channel Differences
The following table provides a brief summary of major differences between port channels with LACP enabled
and static port channels. For information about the maximum configuration limits, see the Verified Scalability
document for your device.
Table 7: Port channels with LACP Enabled and Static Port channels
Static Port ChannelsPort Channels with LACP EnabledConfigurations
Not applicable.Enable globally.Protocol applied
Can only be On.Can be either:
• Active
• Passive
Channel mode of links
Configuring Port Channels
Creating a Port Channel
You can create a port channel before creating a channel group. Cisco NX-OS automatically creates the
associated channel group.
If you want LACP-based port channels, you need to enable LACP.Note
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Specifies the port-channel interface to configure, and
enters the interface configuration mode. The range is
switch(config)# interface port-channel
channel-number
Step 2
from 1 to 4096. Cisco NX-OS automatically creates
the channel group if it does not already exist.
Removes the port channel and deletes the associated
channel group.
switch(config)# no interface
port-channel channel-number
Step 3
This example shows how to create a port channel:
switch# configure terminal
switch (config)# interface port-channel 1
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
54 78-26881-OL
Configuring Port Channels
Configuring Port Channels