Table Of Contents
A - B - C - D - F - G - I - J - L - M - P - R - S - T - U - V -
Index
A
access ports
access VLAN 3-4
configuring 3-8
host ports 3-3
administrative status
configuring 2-20
defined 2-5
allowed VLANs
trunk ports 3-5
B
bandwidth
defined 2-5
beacon mode
configuring 2-13
defined 2-2
C
CDP
configuring 2-21
channel modes
active 5-20
active mode 5-8
configuring 5-20
default setting 5-8
LACP 5-8
passive 5-20
passive mode 5-8
port channels 5-8
configuration limits
description (table) B-1
D
debounce timer
defined 2-2
default settings
port channels 5-8
VLANs 3-5
description
configuring 2-13
defined 2-2
documentation
additional publications i-xii
conventions i-xii
duplex mode
configuring 2-15
defined 2-2
F
field descriptions
interfaces 3-11
LACP 5-22
port channels 5-22
flow control
defined 2-3
guidelines 2-8
G
guidelines
port channels 5-11
I
IEEE 802.1Q
access ports 3-4
guidelines 3-6
limitations 3-6
STP 3-7
trunk ports 3-3
IEEE 802.3ad
LACP 5-2
interfaces
access port 3-8
administrative status
configuring 2-20
defined 2-5
bandwidth 4-12
configuring 2-19
defined 2-5
basic settings 5-4
beacon mode
configuring 2-13
defined 2-2
CDP
configuring 2-21
configuring 2-10
configuring a loopback 4-14
configuring as routed 4-6
configuring a subinterface 4-9
configuring bandwidth 4-12
configuring secondary IPv4 address 4-7
configuring secondary IPv6 address 4-8
configuring VLAN interfaces 4-12
creating a port-channel subinterface 4-10
creating a tunnel 6-5
debounce timer
configuring 2-14
defined 2-2
deleting a loopback 4-15
deleting a port-channel subinterface 4-11
deleting a subinterface 4-10
deleting a tunnel 6-6
deleting VLAN interfaces 4-13
description
configuring 2-13
defined 2-2
displaying tunnel statistics 6-6
duplex mode
configuring 2-15
defined 2-2
enabling tunneling 6-4
field descriptions 3-11
flow control
configuring 2-16
defined 2-3
guidelines 2-8
jumbo MTU, configuring 2-18
LACP 5-7
Layer 2 3-1
loopback 4-4
MDIX
configuring 2-14
defined 2-2
MTU
configuring 2-17
defined 2-4
port channels 5-3
logging level 5-1
port mode 4-6
restarting 2-20
shutting down 2-20
specifying 2-9
speed
configuring 2-15
defined 2-2
statistics 3-11
switching between Layer 2 and Layer 3 2-8
throughput delay
configuring 2-19
defined 2-5
trunk port
pre-provisioning 3-9
trunk ports
tagged native VLAN traffic 3-10
tunnels 6-2
types, specifying 2-9
UDLD
configuring 2-21
defined 2-5
IP addresses
port channels 5-16
J
jumbo MTU, configuring 2-18
L
LACP
admin key 5-9
channel groups 5-7
channel modes 5-8
creating 5-13
disabling 5-8
enabling 5-20
field descriptions 5-22
guidelines 5-12
interoperation with other features 5-12
licenses 5-11
limitations 5-12
MAC address 5-9
Marker Protocol 5-9
number of members per channel 5-7
port channels 5-7
port priority 5-21
statistics 5-22
troubleshooting 5-8
VDCs 5-10
Layer 2, interfaces 3-1
Layer 2 ports
guidelines 3-6
licenses 3-6
troubleshooting 3-3
licenses
LACP 5-11
Layer 2 port modes 3-6
port channels 5-11
limitations
port channels 5-11
limits
description (table) B-1
Link Aggregation Control Protocol. See LACP
load balancing
algorithms 5-6
configuring 5-19
default algorithms 5-6
MPLS traffic 5-6
multicast traffic 5-6
per module 5-6
loopback
configuring 4-14
deleting 4-15
M
maximum transmission unit. See MTU.
MDIX
configuring 2-14
defined 2-2
medium dependent interface crossover
MTU
configuring 2-17
defined 2-4
multicast traffic
load balancing using port channels 5-6
P
PAgP, unsupported 5-2
Port Aggregation Protocol. See PAgP.
port channel
adding Layer 2 port 5-14
speed and duplex settings 5-18
port channels
admin up 5-17
basic settings 5-4
compatibility requirements5-4to 5-5, 5-15
configuring 5-3
configuring member ports 5-4
creating 5-13
deleting 5-13
deleting a port 5-17
field descriptions 5-22
forcing a member to join 5-5
guidelines 5-11
interoperation with other features 5-11
IP addresses 5-16
LACP 5-7
Layer 2 port, adding 5-14
Layer 3 port, adding 5-16
licenses 5-11
limitations 5-11
load balancing 5-6
maximum per system 5-10
member port configuration 5-5
operational 5-1
purpose 5-2
routed 5-13
speed 5-18
statistics 5-22
STP 5-2
switched 5-13
troubleshooting 5-20
trunk ports 3-7
ports
access 3-1
Layer 2 3-1
multiple VLANs 3-1
trunks 3-1
R
related documents i-xii
S
Spanning Tree Protocol. See STP.
speed
configuring 2-15
defined 2-2
statistics
interfaces 3-11
LACP 5-22
port channels 5-22
tunnels 6-6
STP
EtherChannel 5-2
trunks 3-7
subinterfaces
configuring on a physical interface 4-9
creating on a port channel 4-10
deleting from a physical interface 4-10
deleting on a port channel 4-11
SVI
switchport command 2-8
T
throughput delay
configuring 2-19
defined 2-5
transceivers
using Cisco supported transceivers 2-8
trunk ports
802.1X 3-7
allowed VLANs 3-5
configuring 3-9
guidelines 3-6
limitations 3-6
native VLAN 3-5
port channels 3-7
STP 3-7
tagging native VLAN traffic 3-5
tagging VLANs 3-3
troubleshooting 3-6
untagged traffic 3-5
VLANs 3-2
tunnels
creating 6-5
deleting 6-6
description 6-2
displaying statistics 6-6
enabling the feature 6-4
U
UDLD
configuring 2-21
defined 2-5
Unidirectional Link Detection. See UDLD.
V
VDCs
LACP 5-10
virtual device contexts. See VDCs.
VLAN interfaces
creating 4-12
deleting 4-13
VLANs
default 3-5