03-16-2009 10:16 AM - edited 03-06-2019 04:37 AM
Hi All,
Can you please give info on Vitual interface 1 and Port-channel1 on 6500 Switch.
Thank you,
03-16-2009 10:20 AM
Virtual Interface on a 6500 switch is a L3 vlan interface. So you should see in the running config
interface vlan 1
ip address x.x.x.x
A 6500 L3 switch can have many virtual interfaces.
A port-channel is the logical link that is formed from physical links in an etherchannel. So you have multiple physical links eg.
int gi0/1
channel-group 1 mode on
int gi0/2
channel-group 1 mode on
int gi0/3
channel-group 1 mode on
using the above command "channel-group 1 mode on" creates a port-channel 1 which is used to represent the physical interfaces. You can then add configuration to the port-channel interface and it gets applied to all physical interfaces.
Jon
03-16-2009 10:32 AM
Thank you Jon, so the virtual interface is basically for remote management and the port channel is for Etherchannel.
Do you see what are all the ports are formed etherchannel,
6513-01#show ip int brief | inc up
Vlan1 192.168.30.92 YES TFTP up up
GigabitEthernet1/1 unassigned YES unset up up
GigabitEthernet1/2 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet3/1 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet3/2 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet3/4 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet3/5 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet3/6 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet3/9 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet3/10 unassigned YES unset up up
Port-channel1 unassigned YES unset up up
Thank you,
03-16-2009 10:36 AM
"sh etherchannel summary" will show you which ports make up each etherchannel.
The virtual interface can be used for managing the switch and on L2 switches only you are only allowed to have one virtual interface up at any one time.
The 6500 switch is a L3 switch so it can route between vlans and so you can have many virtual interfaces on this type of switch.
Jon
03-16-2009 10:48 AM
Thank you Jon, the g1/1 and 1/2 used for etherchannel.
6513-01#show etherchannel summary
Flags: D - down P - bundled in port-channel
I - stand-alone s - suspended
H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
R - Layer3 S - Layer2
U - in use f - failed to allocate aggregator
M - not in use, minimum links not met
u - unsuitable for bundling
w - waiting to be aggregated
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators: 1
Group Port-channel Protocol Ports
------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------
1 Po1(SU) - Gi1/1(P) Gi1/2(P)
How to find out the other end of this etherchannel?
03-16-2009 10:51 AM
I do not find the neighbor device, is that mean not connected with any device.
6513-01#show cdp neighbors port-channel 1
Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge
S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater, P - Phone
Device ID Local Intrfce Holdtme Capability Platform Port ID
03-16-2009 10:54 AM
You need to use the physical interfaces with cdp ie.
sh cdp neigh gi1/1 det
should give you the details of the attached device.
Jon
03-16-2009 11:00 AM
Thank you Jon,
6513-01#show cdp neigh gigabitEthernet 1/1 detail
6513-01#show cdp neigh gigabitEthernet 1/2 detail
No output for the command, does it means no device connected?
03-16-2009 11:02 AM
Well the etherchannel is being shown as up so it could be that you are not running CDP between this switch and the device it is connected to. Do you know what the device is meant to be ?
Could you also post output of "sh run int gi1/1"
Jon
03-16-2009 12:20 PM
Hi Jon,
6513-01#show run interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 149 bytes
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/1
switchport
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
no ip address
channel-group 1 mode on
end
The port is in trunk and uses 802.1q
Thank you,
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