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Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the M I/O Aggregator.
Example
Dell(conf)#port-channel failover-group
Dell(conf-po-failover-grp)#group 1 port-channel 1 port-channel 2
Dell(conf-po-failover-grp)#
Related Commands
port-channel failover-group — accesses PORT-CHANNEL FAILOVER-GROUP mode to configure a LAG failover
group.
show interfaces port-channel — displays information on configured Port Channel groups.
interface port-channel
Create a Port Channel interface, which is a link aggregation group (LAG) containing 16 physical interfaces on the MXL switch.
Syntax
interface port-channel channel-number
To delete a Port Channel, use the no interface port-channel channel-number command.
Parameters
channel-number For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then a number. The
range is from 1 to 128.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the M I/O Aggregator.
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information
Port Channel interfaces are logical interfaces and can be either in Layer 2 mode (by using the switchport
command) or Layer 3 mode (by configuring an IP address). You can add a Port Channel in Layer 2 mode to a
VLAN.
A Port Channel can contain both 100/1000 interfaces and GE interfaces. Based on the first interface configured in
the Port Channel and enabled, the Dell Networking OS determines if the Port Channel uses 100 Mb/s or 1000
Mb/s as the common speed. For more information, refer to channel-member.
If the line card is in a Jumbo mode chassis, you can also configure the mtu and ip mtu commands. The Link
MTU and IP MTU values configured on the channel members must be greater than the Link MTU and IP MTU
values configured on the Port Channel interface.
NOTE: In a Jumbo-enabled system, you must configure all members of a Port Channel with the same
link MTU values and the same IP MTU values.
Interfaces 551