If I understand you correctly you are wanting to add another interface to the Port Channel? On the PowerConnect switch you use the channel-group to create a port-channel. It can get confusing.
console# configure
console(config)# interface gi1/0/1
console(config-if-Gi1/0/01)# channel-group xx mode on
then the show command
console# show interfaces port-channel
Channel Ports
....... .....
ch1 Active: gi1/0/1
You can only have one port channel on a specific interface.
what should I add here
channel-group 46 mode on <--- will this overwrite channel-group 47 mode on
This would overwrite channel-group 46 mode on. The 46 is just a name that you choose.
If you are wanting to add more than one interface to the channel-group you can use a range command.
I am sorry for the confusion but what I need is not to add another interface to the port channel. I have one interface 1/xg3 that talks to the Cisco router as it stands only VLAN 147 is allowed to talk to the Cisco router I want VLAN 146 to talk to the Cisco router as well. I did duplicate all 147 settings for 146 apart from
interface ethernet 1/xg3
channel-group 47 mode on
exit
I did create a channel-port for 46 "for vlan 146"..this might all be wrong though ..not sure, but what I want to achieve is to have VLAN 146 talk to the Cisco router over the interface 1/xg3
You create a port-channel using the channel-group command – this is used to group multiple physical interfaces together to gain
Increased Availability — If a link within a LAG fails or is replaced, the traffic is not disrupted and communication is maintained (even though the available capacity is reduced).
Load Sharing — Traffic is distributed across multiple links, minimizing the probability that a single link be overwhelmed.
Use of Existing Hardware — Firmware replaces the need to upgrade the hardware to higher bandwidth capacity.
Once created you enter that port-channel and configure it as a single interface.
Trunking/General Mode – Takes a single physical interface or a single port-channel and allows multiple VLANS/Subnets to traverse.
Based on what you are describing it sounds like you have a port channel set up but you need a trunk/general connection on the single physical interface 1/xg3. If this is the case then the port-channel you have created is not necessary at this point.
Here is an example of setting up General Mode which is a trunking feature on the 6200 switches.
console# configure
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/xg3
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 146 tagged
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 147 tagged
DELL-Willy M
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June 5th, 2012 10:00
If I understand you correctly you are wanting to add another interface to the Port Channel? On the PowerConnect switch you use the channel-group to create a port-channel. It can get confusing.
console# configure
console(config)# interface gi1/0/1
console(config-if-Gi1/0/01)# channel-group xx mode on
then the show command
console# show interfaces port-channel
Channel Ports
....... .....
ch1 Active: gi1/0/1
You can only have one port channel on a specific interface.
what should I add here
channel-group 46 mode on <--- will this overwrite channel-group 47 mode on
This would overwrite channel-group 46 mode on. The 46 is just a name that you choose.
If you are wanting to add more than one interface to the channel-group you can use a range command.
console# configure
console(config)# interface range ethernet g1-2
console(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode auto
spl_systems
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June 6th, 2012 00:00
Hi
I am sorry for the confusion but what I need is not to add another interface to the port channel. I have one interface 1/xg3 that talks to the Cisco router as it stands only VLAN 147 is allowed to talk to the Cisco router I want VLAN 146 to talk to the Cisco router as well. I did duplicate all 147 settings for 146 apart from
interface ethernet 1/xg3
channel-group 47 mode on
exit
I did create a channel-port for 46 "for vlan 146"..this might all be wrong though ..not sure, but what I want to achieve is to have VLAN 146 talk to the Cisco router over the interface 1/xg3
DELL-Willy M
802 Posts
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June 6th, 2012 11:00
First, let’s get some definitions.
You create a port-channel using the channel-group command – this is used to group multiple physical interfaces together to gain
Once created you enter that port-channel and configure it as a single interface.
Trunking/General Mode – Takes a single physical interface or a single port-channel and allows multiple VLANS/Subnets to traverse.
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Based on what you are describing it sounds like you have a port channel set up but you need a trunk/general connection on the single physical interface 1/xg3. If this is the case then the port-channel you have created is not necessary at this point.
Here is an example of setting up General Mode which is a trunking feature on the 6200 switches.
console# configure
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/xg3
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 146 tagged
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 147 tagged
console(config-if)# end