This lab uses Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 2960 switches running Cisco IOS 15.0(2)SE6 IP services and LAN base images, respectively. You configure Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), a Cisco EtherChannel protocol. LACP and PAgP are signalling protocols allowing two switches to negotiate the use of selected physical ports.
This lab uses Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 2960 switches running Cisco IOS 15.0(2)SE6 IP services and LAN base images, respectively. You configure Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), a Cisco EtherChannel protocol. LACP and PAgP are signalling protocols allowing two switches to negotiate the use of selected physical ports.
This lab uses Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 2960 switches running Cisco IOS 15.0(2)SE6 IP services and LAN base images, respectively. You configure Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), a Cisco EtherChannel protocol. LACP and PAgP are signalling protocols allowing two switches to negotiate the use of selected physical ports.
This lab uses Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 2960 switches running Cisco IOS 15.0(2)SE6 IP services and LAN base images, respectively. You configure Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), a Cisco EtherChannel protocol. LACP and PAgP are signalling protocols allowing two switches to negotiate the use of selected physical ports.
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CCNPv7 SWITCH
Chapter 3-2 Lab EtherChannel
Topology
Objectives
Create EtherChannel Links.
Configure and test load balancing options
Background Four switches have just been installed. The distribution layer switches are Catalyst 3560 switches, and the access layer switches are Catalyst 2960 switches. There are redundant uplinks between the access layer and distribution layer. Usually, only one of these links could be used; otherwise, a bridging loop might occur. However, using only one link utilizes only half of the available bandwidth. EtherChannel allows up to eight redundant links to be bundled together into one logical link. In this lab, you configure Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), a Cisco EtherChannel protocol, and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), an IEEE 802.3X (formerly IEEE 802.1ad) open standard version of EtherChannel. LACP and PAgP are signalling protocols allowing two switches to negotiate the use of selected physical ports as members of a single EtherChannel bundle. Throughout this lab, we will be using the term EtherChannel to refer to a logical bundling of multiple physical links, and the term Portchannel to refer to a virtual interface that represents an EtherChannel bundle in the Cisco IOS configuration. Note: This lab uses Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 2960 switches running Cisco IOS 15.0(2)SE6 IP Services and LAN Base images, respectively. The 3560 and 2960 switches are configured with the SDM templates dual-ipv4-andipv6 routing and lanbase-routing, respectively. Depending on the switch model and Cisco IOS Software version, the commands available and output produced might vary from what is shown in this lab. Catalyst 3650 switches 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public.
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
(running any Cisco IOS XE release) and Catalyst 2960-Plus switches (running any comparable Cisco IOS image) can be used in place of the Catalyst 3560 switches and the Catalyst 2960 switches.
Required Resources
2 Cisco 2960 with the Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SE6 C2960-LANBASEK9-M or comparable
2 Cisco 3560v2 with the Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SE6 C3560-IPSERVICESK9-M or comparable
Computer with terminal emulation software
Ethernet and console cables
Part 1: Configure EtherChannel Links
Step 1:
Prepare the switches for the lab
The instructions in this lab assume that the switches are running using the final configuration from Lab 2-1 "Static VLANs, Trunking, and VTP".
Step 2: Configure an EtherChannel with Cisco PAgP.
The first EtherChannel created for this lab aggregates interfaces Fa0/11 and Fa0/12 between ALS1 and ALS2. Make sure that you have a trunk link active for those two links with the show interfaces trunk command. ALS1# show interfaces trunk Port Mode Fa0/7 on Fa0/8 on Fa0/9 on Fa0/10 on Fa0/11 on Fa0/12 on <output omitted>
Status trunking trunking trunking trunking trunking trunking
Native vlan 666 666 666 666 666 666
Note: When configuring EtherChannels, it can be helpful to shutdown the physical interfaces being grouped on both devices before configuring them into channel groups. Otherwise, the EtherChannel Misconfig Guard may place these interfaces into err-disabled state. The interfaces and port channel can be re-enabled after the EtherChannel is configured. On ALS1, bundle interfaces Fa0/11 and Fa0/12 under the Port-Channel 1 interface with the channel-group 1 mode desirable command. The mode desirable option indicates that you want the switch to actively negotiate to form a PAgP link. The Port-Channel interface numbers are locally-significant only. On the 2960, the number can be anything between 1 and 6, and they do not have to match end to end. If it is possible, use the same number on both sides of a port-channel so that coordinating troubleshooting is less complicated. At the very least, clearly document the configuration.
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
ALS1(config-if-range)# no shutdown <output omitted - interfaces logged as coming up> ALS1(config-if-range)# exit ALS1(config)# <the following output is seen after ALS2 configuration is complete> *Mar 1 00:14:01.570: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Port-channel1, changed state to up *Mar 1 00:14:02.576: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Portchannel1, changed state to up After you configure an EtherChannel, a virtual Port-Channel interface is created automatically that represents a logical link consisting of the bundled physical interfaces. The Port-channel interface will automatically inherit the configuration of the first physical interface that was added to the EtherChannel. All configuration changes applied to the Port-channel interface will then apply to all the physical ports bundled under this interface. The configuration of the physical interfaces that are bundled into an EtherChannel must be consistent. Otherwise, the bundle may never form or individual links in the bundle may be suspended. Once physical interfaces are added to the EtherChannel bundle, the administrator should not make any configuration changes directly to the physical interfaces. Any necessary adjustments should be made to the appropriate Port-Channel interface. Therefore, unless explicitly asked to do so in these labs, after physical ports have been bundled in an EtherChannel, apply all further commands to the corresponding Port-channel interface only. Before configuring the EtherChannel bundle on ALS2, issue the command show etherchannel summary on ALS1 and notice the status of both the bundle and the individual interfaces: ALS1# show etherchannel Flags: D - down I - stand-alone H - Hot-standby R - Layer3 U - in use M u w d
summary P - bundled in port-channel s - suspended (LACP only) S - Layer2 f - failed to allocate aggregator
not in use, minimum links not met
unsuitable for bundling waiting to be aggregated default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators: 1 Group Port-channel Protocol Ports ------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------1 Po1(SD) PAgP Fa0/11(I) Fa0/12(I) ALS1#
PAgP is preventing the bundle from forming because the other end is not speaking the PAgP protocol.
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
Using the same commands as above, configure interfaces F0/11 and F0/12 on ALS2 to be in an EtherChannel, and then verify that it is working by issuing the show etherchannel summary command on both switches. This command displays the type of EtherChannel, the ports utilized, and port states. ALS1# show etherchannel Flags: D - down I - stand-alone H - Hot-standby R - Layer3 U - in use M u w d
summary P - bundled in port-channel s - suspended (LACP only) S - Layer2 f - failed to allocate aggregator
not in use, minimum links not met
unsuitable for bundling waiting to be aggregated default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators: 1 Group Port-channel Protocol Ports ------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------1 Po1(SU) PAgP Fa0/11(P) Fa0/12(P) ALS1#
ALS2# show etherchannel
Flags: D - down I - stand-alone H - Hot-standby R - Layer3 U - in use M u w d
summary P - bundled in port-channel s - suspended (LACP only) S - Layer2 f - failed to allocate aggregator
not in use, minimum links not met
unsuitable for bundling waiting to be aggregated default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators: 1 Group Port-channel Protocol Ports ------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------1 Po1(SU) PAgP Fa0/11(P) Fa0/12(P) ALS2#
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
At this point, the system does not consider interfaces FastEthernet 0/11 and 0/12 as individual trunks, but as a components of interface Port-Channel 1. The output of show interface trunk illustrates this; F0/11 and F0/12 are not shown while the Port-channel is operational. ALS1# show interfaces trunk Port Mode Fa0/7 on Fa0/8 on Fa0/9 on Fa0/10 on Po1 on <output omitted>
Encapsulation 802.1q 802.1q 802.1q 802.1q 802.1q
Status trunking trunking trunking trunking trunking
Native vlan 666 666 666 666 666
Step 3: Configure an EtherChannel with IEEE 802.1X LACP
In 2000, the IEEE passed an open standard version of EtherChannel numbered 802.3ad and referred to as "Link Aggregation". The current version of the standard is numbered 802.1AX. LACP-based EtherChannels are supported by most major network equipment vendors and provide interoperability in multi-vendor environments. Using the previous commands, configure the link between DLS1 and ALS1 on ports Fa0/7 and Fa0/8 as an 802.1X LACP EtherChannel. You must use a different port channel number on ALS1 than 1, because you already used that in the previous step. The port channel number you use on DLS1 is locally-significant and can be anything between 1 and 48. If it is possible, use the same number on both sides of a port-channel so that coordinating troubleshooting is less complicated. At the very least, clearly document the configuration. To configure a port channel as LACP, use the interface-level command channel-group number mode active. Active mode indicates that the switch actively tries to negotiate that link as LACP, as opposed to PAgP DLS1(config)# interface range f0/7-8 DLS1(config-if-range)# shutdown
<output omitted - interfaces logged as shutting down>
DLS1(config-if-range)# channel-group 2 mode active Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 2 DLS1(config-if-range)# no shutdown
<output omitted - interfaces logged as coming up>
DLS1(config-if-range)# end DLS1#
<the following output is seen after ALS1 configuration is complete>
*Mar 1 00:31:29.752: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Port-channel2, changed state to up *Mar 1 00:31:30.758: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Port-channel2, changed state to up
Verify that EtherChannel is working by issuing the show etherchannel summary command on both switches. This command displays the type of EtherChannel, the ports utilized, and port states.
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
DLS1# show etherchannel Flags: D - down I - stand-alone H - Hot-standby R - Layer3 U - in use M u w d
summary P - bundled in port-channel s - suspended (LACP only) S - Layer2 f - failed to allocate aggregator
not in use, minimum links not met
unsuitable for bundling waiting to be aggregated default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators: 1 Group Port-channel Protocol Ports ------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------2 Po2(SU) LACP Fa0/7(P) Fa0/8(P) DLS1# ALS1# show etherchannel Flags: D - down I - stand-alone H - Hot-standby R - Layer3 U - in use M u w d
summary P - bundled in port-channel s - suspended (LACP only) S - Layer2 f - failed to allocate aggregator
not in use, minimum links not met
unsuitable for bundling waiting to be aggregated default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 2
Number of aggregators: 2 Group Port-channel Protocol Ports ------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------1 Po1(SU) PAgP Fa0/11(P) Fa0/12(P) 2 Po2(SU) LACP Fa0/7(P) Fa0/8(P) ALS1#
Step 4: Explore Misconfiguration
In this step, you will intentionally mis-configure an EtherChannel bundle on DLS2 with parameters that do not match the distant end switches to observe the results.
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
To begin, configure an EtherChannel using LACP on ALS1 interfaces F0/9 and F0/10. Assign this EtherChannel to Port-channel number 3. ALS1(config)# interface range f0/9-10 ALS1(config-if-range)# shutdown ALS1(config-if-range)# channel-group 3 mode active Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 3 ALS1(config-if-range)# no shut ALS1(config-if-range)# exit ALS1(config)#
Next configure an EtherChannel in "on" mode on DLS1 interfaces F0/11 and F0/12. Assign this EtherChannel to Port-channel number 12. DLS1(config)# interface range f0/11-12 DLS1(config-if-range)# shutdown DLS1(config-if-range)# channel-group 12 mode on Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 12 DLS1(config-if-range)# no shut DLS1(config-if-range)# exit DLS1(config)#
Now go to DLS2 and configure an EtherChannel using PAgP on interfaces F0/10 and F0/11. Assign this EtherChannel to Port-channel number 40. DLS2(config)# interface range f0/10-11 DLS2(config-if-range)# shutdown DLS2(config-if-range)# channel-group 40 mode desirable Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 40 DLS2(config-if-range)# no shut DLS2(config-if-range)# exit DLS2(config)#
Now issue the command show etherchannel summary on DLS2. Notice the difference in the individual interface status'. DLS2# show etherchannel Flags: D - down I - stand-alone H - Hot-standby R - Layer3 U - in use
summary P - bundled in port-channel s - suspended (LACP only) S - Layer2 f - failed to allocate aggregator
M - not in use, minimum links not met
u - unsuitable for bundling
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
w - waiting to be aggregated d - default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators: 1 Group Port-channel Protocol Ports ------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------40 Po40(SD) PAgP Fa0/10(I) Fa0/11(D) DLS2#
Interface F0/10 is attempting to communicate with a distant interface that is configured for LACP. This results in the interface being in a stand-alone state. Interface F0/11 is attempting to communicate with a distant interface that is configured not to use a signaling protocol, so the interface is in a down state. On DLS1, the configuration mismatch caused Etherchannel Misconfig Guard to put F0/11, F0/12, and Portchannel 12 into an error-disabled state. The messages that displayed at DLS1's console when this happened: *Mar 1 05:43:12.639: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: channel-misconfig (STP) error detected on Fa0/11, putting Fa0/11 in err-disable state *Mar 1 05:43:12.664: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: channel-misconfig (STP) error detected on Fa0/12, putting Fa0/12 in err-disable state *Mar 1 05:43:12.698: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: channel-misconfig (STP) error detected on Po12, putting Fa0/11 in err-disable state *Mar 1 05:43:12.698: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: channel-misconfig (STP) error detected on Po12, putting Fa0/12 in err-disable state *Mar 1 05:43:12.698: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: channel-misconfig (STP) error detected on Po12, putting Po12 in err-disable state *Mar 1 05:43:13.654: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/11, changed state to down *Mar 1 05:43:13.679: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/12, changed state to down *Mar 1 05:43:13.688: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Port-channel12, changed state to down
To fix all of this, remove Port-channel 40 on DLS2 and create EtherChannels with the proper configurations to match the distant ends. DLS2(config)# interface range f0/10-11 DLS2(config-if-range)# shut DLS2(config-if-range)# no channel-group 40 mode desirable DLS2(config-if-range)# exit DLS2(config)# interface range f0/9-10 DLS2(config-if-range)# channel-group 3 mode active Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 3 DLS2(config-if-range)# no shut DLS2(config-if-range)# exit DLS2(config)# interface range f0/11-12 DLS2(config-if-range)# channel-group 12 mode on Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 12
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
DLS2(config-if-range)# no shut DLS2(config-if-range)# exit DLS2(config)# no interface port-channel 40 DLS2(config)# exit
Then reset Port-channel 12 on DSL1:
DLS1(config)# interface port-channel 12 DLS1(config-if)# shut DLS1(config-if)# no shut DLS1(config-if)# end
And all of the EtherChannels on DLS2 should be up and operational.
DLS2# show etherchannel Flags: D - down I - stand-alone H - Hot-standby R - Layer3 U - in use M u w d
summary P - bundled in port-channel s - suspended (LACP only) S - Layer2 f - failed to allocate aggregator
not in use, minimum links not met
unsuitable for bundling waiting to be aggregated default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 2
Number of aggregators: 2 Group Port-channel Protocol Ports ------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------3 Po3(SU) LACP Fa0/9(P) Fa0/10(P) 12 Po12(SU) Fa0/11(P) Fa0/12(P) DLS2#
Challenge The topology still has redundant links that you can aggregate. Experiment with the other port channel modes using the question mark on the physical interface command channel-group number mode ?. Look at the descriptions and implement the remaining EtherChannels in different ways. You may find the desirable, auto, active, and passive keywords cumbersome and unintuitive to associate with the particular signaling protocol. Try using the channel-protocol physical interface command, which limits the keywords in the channel-group number mode command so that only the keywords appropriate to the selected signaling protocol will be accepted.
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
Using channel-protocol pagp will make sure that in subsequent channel-group number mode command, only desirable and auto keywords are accepted. Conversely, using channel-protocol lacp will make sure that in subsequent channel-group number mode command, only active and passive keywords are accepted. The end state from this part of the lab is that there are NO single-interface trunks; all connections between switches will be port-channel interfaces consisting of two members.
Part 2: Configure and Test EtherChannel Load-Balancing
Step 1: Configure the load-balancing method The load-balancing method used to send traffic through an EtherChannel is a global setting on the switch. All EtherChannels on a given switch will use the method selected for that switch. The load-balancing method used at either end of an EtherChannel bundle do not have to match. The available methods as well as the default method used varies by hardware platform. By default, Cisco Catalyst 3560 and Catalyst 2960 switches load-balance using the source MAC address. DLS1# show etherchannel load-balance EtherChannel Load-Balancing Configuration: src-mac EtherChannel Load-Balancing Addresses Used Per-Protocol: Non-IP: Source MAC address IPv4: Source MAC address IPv6: Source MAC address DLS1# ALS1# show etherchannel load-bal EtherChannel Load-Balancing Configuration: src-mac EtherChannel Load-Balancing Addresses Used Per-Protocol: Non-IP: Source MAC address IPv4: Source MAC address IPv6: Source MAC address ALS1#
Change the load balancing configuration on ALS1 and ALS2 to src-dst-ip, which is ideal for most environments. Example from ALS2: ALS2(config)# port-channel load-balance ? dst-ip Dst IP Addr dst-mac Dst Mac Addr src-dst-ip Src XOR Dst IP Addr src-dst-mac Src XOR Dst Mac Addr src-ip Src IP Addr src-mac Src Mac Addr
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CCNPv7 SWITCH: Lab 3-2 EtherChannel
ALS2(config)#port-channel load-balance src-dst-ip
ALS2(config)#end ALS2#
Step 2: Verify EtherChannel Load Balancing
Once this is configured on the switches, you can use the test etherchannel load-balance command . Using this command, you input a source and destination value and the switch will respond with what member interface of the EtherChannel would be used. ALS1# test etherchannel load-balance interface po 1 ? ip IP address ipv6 IPv6 address mac Mac address ALS1# test etherchannel load-balance interface po 1 ip ? A.B.C.D Source IP address ALS1# test etherchannel load-balance interface po 1 ip 10.1.99.103 ? A.B.C.D Destination IP address ALS1# test etherchannel load-balance interface po 1 ip 10.1.99.103 10.1.99.104 Would select Fa0/12 of Po1 ALS1# test etherchannel load-balance interface po 1 ip 10.1.99.103 209.165.200.103 Would select Fa0/11 of Po1 ALS1#
Step 3: End of Lab
Do not save your configurations. The equipment will be reset for the next lab.
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