Basic EtherChannel Commands
The command to assign an interface to an EtherChannel group.
What is channel-group <number> mode <mode>?
The command to display detailed information about each EtherChannel.
What is show etherchannel detail?
The protocol that is an IEEE standard for EtherChannel.
What is LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)?
The default load-balancing method on Cisco switches.
What is source MAC address?
The feature that allows EtherChannel to dynamically add and manage links.
What is LACP?
The command to configure the EtherChannel load-balancing method.
What is port-channel load-balance <method>?
The command to check the status of all EtherChannels on a switch.
What is show etherchannel summary?
The Cisco proprietary protocol for EtherChannel.
What is PAgP (Port Aggregation Protocol)?
A load-balancing method that uses both source and destination IP addresses.
What is src-dst-ip?
The term used to describe the logical interface created by EtherChannel.
What is Port Channel?
The command to create a Layer 3 EtherChannel.
What is interface port-channel <number>
no switchport?
The command to view the load-balancing method currently in use.
What is show etherchannel load-balance?
The LACP mode where the port actively tries to form an EtherChannel.
What is Active mode?
The command to configure load balancing based on source and destination MAC addresses.
What is port-channel load-balance src-dst-mac?
The maximum number of physical interfaces that can be assigned to an EtherChannel.
What is 16?
The command to verify the EtherChannel protocol in use.
What is show etherchannel protocol?
The command to display information about the ports in an EtherChannel.
What is show etherchannel port?
The PAgP mode where the port waits for the other side to initiate.
What is Auto mode?
The load-balancing method that uses the source IP address.
What is src-ip?
The command to configure EtherChannel on a trunk port.
What is switchport mode trunk
channel-group <number> mode <mode>?
The command to remove an interface from an EtherChannel group.
What is no channel-group <number>?
The command to display statistics and status of the port-channel interface.
What is show interfaces port-channel?
The maximum number of active links supported by LACP in an EtherChannel.
What is 8?
The load-balancing method that uses the destination IP address.
What is dst-ip?
The feature that prevents STP from recalculating when a link in an EtherChannel fails.
What is EtherChannel’s inherent redundancy?