Port-Channel Configuration

Topology

Figure 56. TFO with port-channel

Switch 1

#configure terminal

Enter configure mode.

(config)#tfo enable

Enable TFO globally.

(config)#fog 1 enable

Create a Fail over group (FOG) and enable it.

(config)#interface po1

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface Layer2.

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface xe32

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface Layer2.

(config-if)#link-type uplink

Specify the link-type as Uplink.

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface xe33

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface as Layer2.

(config-if)#link-type uplink

Specify the link-type as Uplink.

(config-if)#channel-group 1 mode active

Specify the channel group in interface

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface xe34

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface as Layer2.

(config-if)#link-type uplink

Specify the link-type as Uplink.

(config-if)#channel-group 1 mode active

Specify the channel group in interface

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface xe20

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#link-type downlink

Specify the link-type as Downlink.

(config-if)#fog 1 type cpg

Specify the CPG member for FOG 1

(config-if)#fog 1 type mpg

Specify the MPG member for FOG 1.

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface po1

Enter port-channel mode

(config-if)#link-type uplink

Specify the link-type as Uplink.

(config-if)#fog 1 type mpg

Specify the MPG member for FOG 1.

(config-if)#fog 1 type cpg

Specify the CPG member for FOG 1.

(config-if)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config-if)#end

Exit interface and configure mode

Switch 2

#configure terminal

Enter configure mode.

(config)#interface po1

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface as Layer2.

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config-if)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface xe32

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface as Layer2.

(config-if)#channel-group 1 mode active

Specify the channel group in interface

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config-if)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface xe33

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface as Layer2.

(config-if)#channel-group 1 mode active

Specify the channel group in interface

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

(config)#interface xe34

Enter interface mode

(config-if)#switchport

Make the interface as Layer2

(config-if)#channel-group 1 mode active

Specify the channel group in interface

(config-if)#exit

Exit interface mode

(config)#commit

Commit the candidate configuration to the running configuration

Validation

Copy 
#show interface brief | include up
xe20        ETH   --    --                up      none    10g   --
xe32        ETH   --    --                up      none    10g   --
xe33        ETH   --    --                up      none    10g   --
xe34        ETH   --    --                up      none    10g   --
eth0          METH             up      --      100m
lo                                                  up          --
lo.management                                       up          --
 
 
#show tfo
 
TFO : Enable
 
Failover Group 1 : Enable
Failover Status : MPG Link Failure
No. of links to trigger failover : 0
MPG Port(s) :
po1   Status : DOWN
CPG Port :
xe20   Status : DOWN
No. of times MPG link failure : 0
No. of times MPG link recovered : 0
No. of times CPG got auto disabled : 0
No. of times CPG got auto enable : 0