Feature history for EtherChannels

Updated: April 24, 2026

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Summarizes the feature history for EtherChannels, detailing the enhancement of EtherChannel capabilities across software releases.

This table describes the developments of the EtherChannels feature, by release.

Table 1. Feature history
Feature Name	Release Information	Description
EtherChannels on the service side	Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.6.1a Cisco vManage Release 20.6.1	This feature allows you to configure EtherChannels on Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN devices on the service side. EtherChannels provide fault-tolerant, high-speed links, redundancy, and increased bandwidth between Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN devices and other network equipment. You can configure EtherChannels only using the CLI device templates and CLI add-on feature templates.
EtherChannels on the transport side	Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.13.1aCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.13.1	This feature adds support for configuring EtherChannels on the transport side of a Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN devices. This feature also enables aggregate EtherChannel Quality of Service (QoS) on the transport side, optimizing network utilization and performance for specific traffic types. Note This feature has limited availability.
Load balancing for EtherChannels on the transport Side	Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.14.1a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.14.1	This feature allows you to configure load balancing for EtherChannels on the transport side for Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN devices.
Configuration Groups for EtherChannels	Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.15.x Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.15.1	This feature allows you to configure EtherChannels on both service and transport sides using configuration groups in Cisco SD-WAN Manager.
Load balancing for EtherChannels on individual port channels	Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.15.x Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.15.1	With this feature you can load balance EtherChannels for individual port channels on service and transport side using CLI templates.

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