Feature history of link aggregation of Cisco Secure Routers

Feature history table
Feature Name Release Description

Link Aggregation of Cisco Secure Routers

Cisco IOS XE 26.2.1 Release

From this release, Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers can be configured for LACP feature using Cisco Meraki Dashboard.

Link aggregation of Cisco Secure Routers

LACP combines multiple physical network links into one logical link, also known as an EtherChannel or port channel. LACP aggregates two or more L3 LAN ports into a single logical port-channel. The aggregated port can be configured as an L3 main interface or an L3 sub-interface. Link negotiation can be configured on the aggregated port.

Prerequisites for link aggregation of Cisco Secure Routers

  • The member ports must be L3 LAN ports.
  • At least two ports are required.
  • All member ports must have the same speed.
  • The peer device must be configured for a compatible LACP EtherChannel mode when a peer-side configuration is required.
  • A maximum of eight ports can be included in a port-channel.
  • Ports of different speeds cannot be aggregated.
  • L2 LACP is not supported.
  • WAN-side LACP is not supported.
  • SGT cannot be configured on the aggregated port.
  • IPoE cannot be configured on the aggregated port.
  • Egress QoS is not supported.

Configure link aggregation of Cisco Secure Routers

Choose one of the options to configure LACP:

Configure LACP from the Cisco Meraki Dashboard

For information on Cisco Meraki documentation, refer to Link Aggregation and Load Balancing.

Step 1

From the Cisco Meraki Dashboard, navigate to Security & SD-WAN > Appliance status.

Step 2

Click Ports.

The Ports tab can be used to monitor the status of all ports.

Step 3

Click the Number (#) of the LAN port you want to configure.

Step 4

In LAN Port configuration, click Edit in the top right corner to change the configuration.

Step 5

From the Edit Port window, change the configuration of the port or assign a profile.

Step 6

Click Save.

The Ports tab will reflect the newly assigned settings.

LACP configurations on Cisco Secure Routers

 Note

The router configurations are not manually set on the router, instead, all the configurations are automatically pushed from the Cisco Meraki cloud.

LACP channel-group using active mode

interface Port-channel1
 ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0  
channel-group 1 mode active
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1  
channel-group 1 mode active