# Ether Channel Configuration

Port > Configure > Ether Channel Configuration

This dialog box provides Ether Channel configuration information for this port.

To view the definition for a particular MIB variable, click the appropriate link from the following list:

- Agport Index (pagpGroupIfIndex)
- Operation Mode (pagpEthcOperationMode)
- Physical Group Capability (pagpPhysGroupCapability)
- Admin Group Capability (pagpAdminGroupCapability)
- Operational Group Capability (pagpOperGroupCapability)
- Port Priority (pagpPortPriority)
- Device Id (pagpDeviceId)
- Distribution Protocol (pagpDistributionProtocol)
- Distribution Address (pagpDistributionAddress)
- Learn Method (pagpLearnMethod)Learn Method (pagpLearnMethod)

The following list specifies buttons in this dialog box, as well as their function:

- Click OK to continue.

- Click Apply to save the changes in the dialog box.

- Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

- Click PAgP to launch the PAgP Configuration dialog box.

- Click Refresh to update the contents of the dialog box.

- Click Print to print the contents of the dialog box.

- Click Help to access online help.

Agport Index (pagpGroupIfIndex)

The ifIndex of active (aggregated) EtherChannel, if not zero.

Operation Mode (pagpEthcOperationMode)

Operational mode of the port: off(1): no aggregation of interfaces is allowed; manual(2): aggregation is under control of the pagpGroupCapabilityConfiguration section (meaning no PAgP protocol packets are sent, and any received are ignored); pagpOn(3): aggregation is under control of the PAgP protocol (meaning PAgP packets are sent on the interface and those received are acted upon).

Physical Group Capability (pagpPhysGroupCapability)

The interfaces, of any number, with the same value of this object can be aggregated together manually.

Admin Group Capability (pagpAdminGroupCapability)

An object used by the network administrator to control the aggregation of interfaces into agports. The default value of pagpAdminGroupCapability is equal to the value of pagpPhysGroupCapability on the same interface. The SNMP agent will accept values from 1 to 1024.

Operational Group Capability (pagpOperGroupCapability)

An object used to inform the system administrator examining the FEC MIB of the capabilities of the current state of the interface's hardware to form agports.

Port Priority (pagpPortPriority)

The priority relative to other interfaces when determining which interface is to be used in Hot Standby mode.

Device Id (pagpDeviceId)

The device’s MAC address.

Distribution Protocol (pagpDistributionProtocol)

The protocol address type used by this interface's aggregation port to distribute outgoing data frames among its component interfaces. Possible values include " ip" and "mac".

Note: Due to the hardware architecture, any change made to pagpDistributionProtocol on this interface may result in the same change being applied to other interfaces.

Distribution Address (pagpDistributionAddress)

The distribution type of the protocol used by this interface's aggregation port to distribute outgoing frames among its component interfaces. Possible values include "source", "destination", and "both".

Note: Due to the hardware architecture, any change made to pagpDistributionAddress on this interface may result in the same change being applied to other interfaces.

Learn Method (pagpLearnMethod)

Specifies whether this device is able to learn the location of a source MAC address based on the agport on which it was received, agPort(2), or on the interface on which it was received, physPort(1).