2811 HWIC-4ESW portchannel

tomida2006 · ‎11-11-2008

I want to config FastEtherchannel with 2 ports of HWIC-4ESW(cisco 2811 SP Service IOS),is it possible?

Jon Marshall · ‎11-11-2008

Lin

Unfortunately no the HWIC-4ESW does not support etherchanneling, see link for L2 features supported -

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps5853/product_data_sheet0900aecd8016bf0b.html

Jon

Sushil Kumar Katre · ‎11-12-2008

Hi Lin,

Jon is absolutely correct (+5 Jon).

HWIC-4ESW does not supports EtherChannel.

From this nice Q&A (PFA) -

Q. Do the Cisco EtherSwitch devices support Cisco EtherChannelÂ® technology?

A. The Cisco EtherSwitch *network modules* and service modules support Cisco EtherChannel technology, including the Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Up to eight ports with the same speed and duplex can be aggregated into a single channel group. The Cisco EtherSwitch *HWICs* do not support Cisco EtherChannel technology. If both a network module and an HWIC are used, the network module interfaces can be configured for Cisco EtherChannel technology, but those on the HWIC cannot.

-> Sushil