Grouping Ports

Fast EtherChannel and Gigabit EtherChannel port groups are logical high-speed connections between switches or between switches and servers. Port groups can also provide redundant links between switches. The switch treats the port group as a single logical port; therefore, when you create a port group, the switch uses the configuration of the first port for all ports added to the group. After the group is created, changing STP or VLAN membership parameters for one port in the group automatically changes the parameters for all ports.

One port in each group carries all unknown multicast, broadcast, and STP packets.

The EtherChannels window displays port groups and enables you to:

To display the EtherChannels window, choose Port > EtherChannels.


Related Web Links

"Configuring EtherChannels," Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide
"Configuring the Switch Ports," Catalyst 2900 XL and Catalyst 3500 XL Software Configuration Guide
"Configuring EtherChannels," Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide