Adding a member port to a port channel

Follow this procedure to add a port to a specific port channel interface at the interface configuration level. If the port channel is not created, this task creates the port channel and also adds a port to the port channel.

1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
   

   device# configure terminal
   device(config)# 

2. Enter the interface port-channel command to add a port channel interface at the global configuration level.
   

   device(config)# interface port-channel 30
   device(conf-Port-channel-30)# 

3. Configure the interface ethernet command to enable the interface.
   

   device(conf-Port-channel-30)# interface ethernet 0/5
   device(conf-if-eth-0/5)#
   

4. Add a port to the port channel interface as static.
   

   device(conf-if-eth-0/5)# channel-group 30 mode on
   

5. Add a port to the port channel interface as a dynamic (using LACP), active or passive mode.
   

   device(conf-if-eth-0/5)# channel-group 30 mode active
   

   

   device(conf-if-eth-0/5)# channel-group 30 mode passive
   

Example

The following example is for a static LAG configuration with the mode ON.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# interface port-channel 30
device(conf-Port-channel-30)# interface ethernet 0/5
device(conf-if-eth-0/5)# channel-group 30 mode on

The following example adds a port 0/5 to the existing dynamic port channel interface 30 with the mode active.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# interface port-channel 30
device(conf-Port-channel-30)# interface ethernet 0/5
device(conf-if-eth-0/5)# channel-group 30 mode active

The following example adds a port 0/5 to the existing dynamic port channel interface 30 with the mode passive.