minimum-links

Configures the minimum bandwidth or number of links to be running to allow the port-channel to function.

Syntax

minimum-links num-of-links

no minimum-links

Command Default

The number of links is 1.

Parameters

num-of-links

Specifies the number of links. Device support for minimum links is as follows:


Device or series	Minimum-link range
SLX 9150, SLX 9250, Extreme 8520, and Extreme 8720	1–64
SLX 9540, SLX 9640, SLX 9740, and Extreme 8820	1–64

Modes

Port-channel interface configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to allow a port-channel to operate at a certain minimum bandwidth all the time. If the bandwidth of the port-channel drops below that minimum number, then the port-channel is declared operationally DOWN even though it has operationally UP members.

Enter no minimum-links to restore the default value.

Examples

The following example sets the minimum number of links to 16 on a specific port-channel interface.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# interface port-channel 33
device(config-Port-channel-33)# minimum-links 16