Service Manual

Port Channel Commands
A Link Aggregation Group (LAG) is a group of links that appear to a MAC client as if they were a single link according to IEEE
802.3ad. In Dell Networking OS, a LAG is referred to as a Port Channel.
• For the S-Series and Z9000, the maximum port channel ID is 128 and the maximum members per port channel is 16.
Because each port can be assigned to only one Port Channel, and each Port Channel must have at least one port, some of those
nominally available Port Channels might have no function because they could have no members if there are not enough ports
installed. In the S-Series, stack members can provide those ports.
NOTE: The Dell Networking OS implementation of LAG or Port Channel requires that you congure a LAG on both
switches manually. For information about Dell Networking OS link aggregation control protocol (LACP) for dynamic
LAGs, refer to the
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) chapter. For more information about conguring and using
Port Channels, refer to the
Dell Networking OS Conguration Guide .
channel-member
Add an interface to the Port Channel, while in INTERFACE PORTCHANNEL mode.
Syntax
channel-member interface
To delete an interface from a Port Channel, use the no channel-member interface command.
Parameters
interface (OPTIONAL) Enter any of the following keywords and slot/port[/subport] or
number information:
• For a 100/1000 Ethernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet
then the slot/port[/subport] information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port/subport information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fortyGigE then the
slot/port information.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes INTERFACE PORTCHANNEL
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on ExaScale.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
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Interfaces