Port Channel Commands

Dell™ PowerConnect™ 3324/3348 Switch CLI Guide

interface port-channel

Use the interface port-channel global configuration command to enter the interface configuration mode of a specific port-channel.

Syntax

interface port-channel port-channel-number

port-channel-number—A port-channel index.

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Example

The following example enters the context of port-channel number 1.

Console (config)# interface port-channel 1

interface range port-channel

Use the interface range port-channel global configuration command to enter the interface configuration mode to configure multiple port channels.

Syntax

interface range port-channel {port-channel-range | all}

port-channel-range—List of port-channels to configure. Separate non-consecutive port-channels with a comma and no spaces. A hyphen designates a range of port-channels.
all—All the channel-ports

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

User Guidelines

Commands under the interface range context are executed independently on each interface in the range. If the command returns an error on one of the interfaces, it stops the execution of the command on subsequent interfaces.

Example

The following example groups port-channel 1, 2, and 6 to receive the same command.

Console(config)# interface range port-channel 1-2, 6
Console(config-if)#

channel-group

The channel-group interface configuration command associates a port with a port-channel. To remove a port from a port-channel, use the no form of this command.

Syntax

channel-group port-channel-number mode {on | auto}

no channel-group

port_channel_number—The port-channel number for the current port to join.
on—Forces the port to join a channel.
auto—Allows the port to join a channel as a result of an LACP operation.

Default Configuration

The port is not assigned to any port-channel.

Command Mode

Interface Configuration (Ethernet) Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Example

The following example configures port 1/e5 to port-channel number 1 without LACP.

(config)# interface ethernet 1/e5
(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode on

show interfaces port-channel

Use the show interfaces port-channel privileged EXEC command to display port-channel information (which ports are members of that port-channel, and whether they are currently active or not).

Syntax

show interfaces port-channel [port-channel-number]

port_channel_number—The port-channel to display.

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Privileged EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Example

The following example displays all port-channel information.

Console # show interfaces port-channel
Channel Port
------------ ----------------------------------
1 Active 1/e1, 2/e2 Inactive 3/e3
2 Active 1/e2
3 Inactive 3/e8

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