Task:

Create an access port based Etherchannel to increase bandwidth to a computer with two network cards.

Solution:

!
! Configure member ports as basic access ports
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1
 description Nic 1 on Server
 ! This is a Layer2 port
 switchport
 ! Force access mode - no trunking
 switchport mode access
 ! Assign port the vlan needed for the machine
 switchport access vlan 5
 ! Don’t wait the better part of one minute to start forwarding traffic on this port
 spanning-tree portfast
 ! Assign port as a member of Port Channel 1
 ! Mode Guide: Select appropriate based on what the other end supports
 ! active - send LACP packets to negotiate Etherchannel
 ! on - do not use any negotiation and just force Etherchannel
 ! desirable - send PAgP packets to negotiate Etherchannel
 channel-group 1 mode active
 ! Configure Etherchannel load balancing algorithm
 port-channel load-balance src-mac

!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2
 description Nic 2 on Server
 ! This is a Layer2 port
 switchport
 ! Force access mode - no trunking
 switchport mode access
 ! Assign port the vlan needed for the machine
 switchport access vlan 5
 ! Don’t wait the better part of one minute to start forwarding traffic on this port
 spanning-tree portfast
 ! Assign port as a member of Port Channel 1
 ! Mode Guide: Select appropriate based on what the other end supports
 ! active - send LACP packets to negotiate Etherchannel
 ! on - do not use any negotiation and just force Etherchannel
 ! desirable - send PAgP packets to negotiate Etherchannel
 channel-group 1 mode active
 ! Configure Etherchannel load balancing algorithm
 port-channel load-balance src-mac
! Any changes to the member ports going forward should be done on the interface PortChannelX
! and not the individual port numbers