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


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