# Please confirm the following configurations:

The following configurations parameters must be set to create EtherChannels.

Click the Cancel button if you need to check or reset any of the following configuration requirements. Or, if you are sure that the following parameters are already set, then click Continue.

1. Port Security Disabled. Check that the Port>Configure>Security status option is set to disabled; with the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Security from the dropdown menu, and be sure portSecurityAdminStatus is set to Disabled.

2. Corresponding Spanning Tree Disabled. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Physical from the dropdown menu, and be sure portSpantreeFastStart is set to Disabled.

3. All Ports Enabled. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Enable from the dropdown menu, OR choose Interface from the dropdown menu, and be sure ifAdminStatus is set to Up.

4. Same Trunk Nodes on Both Ends. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Inter-Switch Link from the dropdown menu, and be sure vlanPortIsOperStatus is set to Not Trunking. Open the other device and do the same for the other end’s EtherChannel port(s).

5. Same Port Duplex. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Physical from the dropdown menu, and be sure portDuplex is set to Full. Open the other device and do the same for the other end’s EtherChannel port(s).

6. Same Port Speed. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Physical from the dropdown menu, and be sure portAdminSpeed is set to 10 or 100 Mbps. Open the other device and do the same for the other end’s EtherChannel port(s); both must be either 10 or 100 Mbps.

7. Same VLAN. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Physical from the dropdown menu, and be sure vlanPortVlan is set to the same as the other end’s EtherChannel port(s).

8. No Dynamic VLAN. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Physical from the dropdown menu, and be sure portVlanAdminStatus is set to Static. Open the other device and do the same for the other end’s EtherChannel port(s).

9. No Loop Link. Check to be sure there is no physical loop in either device’s connection topology.

10. Broadcast Suppression By %, Not By packets/Sec. With the port selected on the device display, choose Port from the Configure menu, then choose Broadcast Suppression from the dropdown menu, and be sure filterPortBroadcastThrottle is set to % (0...100). Open the other device and do the same for the other end’s EtherChannel port(s).