Giga Etherchannel

[mon_samonte]

Hi to all,

I would like to know if the FIBER & UTP (Catalyst 3560 Fiber SFP & 1000Base-T SFP) connection can be configured as GIGA ETHERCHANNEL?

Hope you could help me on this!!!

Regards,

Raymond

[massimiliano.serafino]

Hi,

The ports must be of the same type.

"Configure a PAgP EtherChannel with up to eight Ethernet ports of the same type"

"Configure a LACP EtherChannel with up to 16 Ethernet ports of the same type."

Reference: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3560/software/release/12.1_19_ea1/configuration/guide/swethchl.html#wp1116631

I hope this helps.

Best regards.

Massimiliano.

[aijaz802]

Hi,

As far as I know you can create a ether channel as long as the physical ports are having identical speed/duplex settings, irrespective of the physical media. you can bundle gigabit ethernet port from Fiber SFP and gigabit port from 1000base-t-sfp to form an ether channel.

I hope this helps...pls rate if it helps..

BR

*aijaz*

[mon_samonte]

Hi aijaz,

You mean to say that it is posible to create an Gigabit Etherchannel even the media type (Fiber & UTP) is not similar???

Thanks for the help guys...

Regards,

Raymond

[Jon Marshall]

Hi Raymond

Yes you can do this. As long as the speed/duplex of the ports is the same you should be fine.

Jon

[mon_samonte]

Thanks for your reply Sir jon.marshall.

I Haven't tried it yet but I will update you if it will work.

Thanks again to all who attend to my question.

Best Regards,

Raymond

[albert_coll]

The document "System Requirements to Implement EtherChannel on Catalyst Switches", states that in Catalyst 6500/6000 Series Switches that Run Cisco IOS Software, the Ethernet interfaces that participate in an EtherChannel can include both the copper and fiber-optic ports.

Reference: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/tech/tk389/tk213/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094646.shtml#topic2

Be aware that this feature seems to be specific for platforms Cat6500 running IOS.