# Ether Channel

Port>Configure>Ether Channel

Use this feature to configure a physical interface to become part of an Ether Channel.

Ether Channel ifIndex (pagpGroupIfIndex)

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

Ether Channel Operational 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 (pagpPhysGroupCapability)

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

Administrative Group (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 (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.

Hot Standby Priority (pagpPortPriority)

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

Learning Method (pagpLearnMethod)

Indicates whether this device is able to learn the location of a source MAC address based on one of the following means: agPort(2): the agport on which it was received; physPort(1): the interface on which it was received.

Distribution Protocol (PagpDistributionProtocol)

The address, protocol type, or port number used by this interface's aggregation port to distribute outgoing data frames among its component interfaces. Possible values include " ip" and "mac". If the device is running Catalyst OS version 7.2 or later, the value "port" is also available.

Note: The value "mac" is only applicable to Catalyst 4000 devices.

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: The value "both" is only applicable to Catalyst 4000 devices.

Device ID (pagpDeviceId)

The device’s MAC address.

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