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Is Cisco PortChannel and EtherChannel the same?

itninja2010
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Is Cisco PortChannel and EtherChannel two different terms for the same thing?  Thanks.

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Peter Paluch
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Hello,

As far as I know, yes - these two terms are synonyms, at least that's how I always understood it. The EtherChannel is the name for the technology itself while the Port-Channel refers to the virtual interface name created for purposes of representing the link bundle in the switch configuration.

Best regards,

Peter

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