Configuring Link Aggregation Group and Link

Aggregation Control Protocol

This chapter describes Link Aggregation Group, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, and manual load
balancing. This chapter also describes the configuration procedures.
This chapter includes the following topics.

• Understanding IEEE 802.3ad Link Bundling, page 1

• Link Aggregation Group and Link Aggregation Control Protocol Configuration Procedures, page 2
• Understanding LACP, page 2
• Understanding LACP Priority, page 7
• Understanding LACP 1:1 Redundancy, page 10
• Understanding LAG, page 12
• Understanding Load Balancing, page 21
• Show Commands, page 26
• Interactions of LAG with Other Features, page 30

Understanding IEEE 802.3ad Link Bundling

The IEEE 802.3ad Link Bundling feature provides a method for aggregating multiple Ethernet links into a
single logical channel based on the IEEE 802.3ad standard. This feature helps improve the cost effectiveness
of a device by increasing cumulative bandwidth without necessarily requiring hardware upgrades. In addition,
the IEEE 802.3ad Link Bundling feature provides a capability to dynamically provision, manage, and monitor
various aggregated links and enables interoperability between various Cisco devices and devices of third-party
vendors.

Benefits of Link Bundling

The IEEE 802.3ad Link Bundling feature provides the following benefits:
• Increased network capacity without changing physical connections or upgrading hardware.

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• Cost savings resulting from use of existing hardware and software for additional functions.
• A standard solution that enables interoperability of network devices.
• Port redundancy without user intervention when an operational port fails.

Link Aggregation Group and Link Aggregation Control Protocol

Configuration Procedures
The following procedures can be performed using Cisco IOS commands to configure Link Aggregation Group
(LAG) and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP):
• DLP-J5 Configure and Retrieve a Port Channel Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 4
• DLP-J6 Configure LACP over Port Channel Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 5
• DLP-J7 Monitor LACP Status Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 6
• DLP-J8 Set LACP System Priority Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 8
• NTP-J4 Configure LACP 1:1 Redundancy with Fast Switchover Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page
10
• DLP-J11 Configure a Channel Group with LACP Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 13
• DLP-J12 Configure a Channel Group Without LACP Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 14
• DLP-J13 Add and Remove Interfaces from a Channel Group Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 16
• DLP-J14 Set a Minimum and Maximum Threshold of Active Links Using Cisco IOS Commands, on
page 17
• DLP-J17 Configure Manual Load Balancing Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 23

The following procedures can be performed using CTC to configure LAG and LACP:
• DLP-J9 Set LACP System Priority Using CTC, on page 9
• DLP-J15 Create a Channel Group Using CTC, on page 19
• DLP-J16 Edit a Channel Group Using CTC, on page 20
• DLP-J18 Configure Manual Load Balancing Using CTC, on page 25

Understanding LACP
The LACP is part of the IEEE802.3ad standard that enables you to bundle several physical ports together to
form a single logical channel. LACP enables a network device, such as a switch, to negotiate an automatic
bundling of links by sending LACP packets to the peer device. The LACP is a control protocol over LAG to
check for any LAG misconfigurations.
LACP enables you to form a single Layer 2 link automatically from two or more Ethernet links. This protocol
ensures that both ends of the Ethernet link are functional and agree to be members of the aggregation group.
LACP must be enabled at both ends of the link to be operational.

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For more information on LACP, see the IEEE802.3ad standard document.

LACP Advantages
LACP provides high reliability and redundancy. If a port fails, traffic continues on the remaining ports.

LACP Functions
LACP performs the following functions in the system:
• Maintains configuration information to control aggregation.
• Exchanges configuration information with other peer devices.
• Attaches or detaches ports from the LAG based on the exchanged configuration information.

LACP Modes
LACP can be configured in the following modes:
• Active—In this mode, the ports send LACP packets at regular intervals to the partner ports.
• Passive—In this mode, the ports do not send LACP packets until the partner port sends LACP packets.
After receiving the LACP packets from the partner port, the ports send LACP packets to the partner
port.

Note When you enable LACP on the channel group, LACP exchanges Protocol Data Units (PDU) of size 128
bytes. Hence, if the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size of the channel group is set to a value less
than 128 bytes, the protocol data units are dropped and the channel group interface goes down.

NTP-J2 Manage LACP

Purpose This procedure configures LACP and monitors LACP
status.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Perform any of the following procedures as needed:

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• DLP-J5 Configure and Retrieve a Port Channel Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 4
• DLP-J6 Configure LACP over Port Channel Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 5
• DLP-J7 Monitor LACP Status Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 6

Stop. You have completed this procedure.

DLP-J5 Configure and Retrieve a Port Channel Using Cisco IOS Commands
Purpose This procedure configures and retrieves a port channel
using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Note You must manually create a port channel logical interface. Configuring the IP address on the port channel
interface is not supported.

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface port-channel channel-number Identifies the interface port channel and
enters interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface port-channel 10
Step 4 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:

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Command or Action Purpose

Router(config-if)# end
Step 5 show running-config interface port-channel Displays the port channel configuration.
channel-number

Example:
Router# show running-config interface
port-channel 10
Step 6 end Ends the current configuration session.

Example:
Router# end
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

Example: Verify the Port Channel Configuration

The following example shows how to verify the port channel configuration using Cisco IOS commands.
Router# show running-config interface port-channel 100

Building configuration...

Current configuration : 139 bytes

!
interface Port-channel100
no ip address
carrier-delay msec 0
l2protocol peer cdp lacp
l2protocol forward stp vtp dtp pagp dot1x
end

DLP-J6 Configure LACP over Port Channel Using Cisco IOS Commands
Purpose This procedure configures LACP using port channel
using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface port-channel channel-number Identifies the interface port channel and
enters interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface port-channel 10
Step 4 exit Returns to interface configuration mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# exit
Step 5 interface type number Specifies the interface to configure and
enters interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet
4/1
Step 6 channel-group channel-number mode {active Configures the interface in a channel group
| passive} and sets the lacp mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# channel-group 10 mode active
Step 7 exit Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# exit
Step 8 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

DLP-J7 Monitor LACP Status Using Cisco IOS Commands

Purpose This procedure monitors LACP activity in the network
using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None

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Prerequisite Procedures None

Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

For examples of show lacp commands, see Show Commands, on page 26.

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 show lacp {channel-group-number | counters | Displays LACP information.
internal [detail] | neighbor [detail] | sys-id}

Example:
Router# show lacp internal
Step 3 end Ends the current configuration session.

Example:
Router# end
Step 4 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

Understanding LACP Priority

LACP uses the following parameters to control aggregation:
• LACP system priority—The system priority can be configured automatically or through the CLI. LACP
uses the system priority with the device MAC address to form the system ID and also during negotiations
with other systems. The range of LACP system priority is from 0 to 65535. The default value is 32768.
• LACP port priority—The port priority can be configured automatically or through the CLI. LACP uses
the port priority to decide which ports must be placed first in aggregation. LACP also uses the port
priority with the port number to form the port identifier. The range of LACP port priority is from 0 to
65535. The default value is 32768.
• LACP administrative key—LACP automatically configures an administrative key value on each port
configured to use LACP. The administrative key defines the ability of a port to aggregate with other
ports. The ability of the port to aggregate with the other ports is determined by the following:

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◦Port physical characteristics such as data rate, duplex capability, and point-to-point or shared
medium.
◦Configuration restrictions that you establish.

NTP-J3 Set LACP Priority

Purpose This procedure sets LACP priority.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Perform any of the following procedures as needed:

• DLP-J8 Set LACP System Priority Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 8
• DLP-J9 Set LACP System Priority Using CTC, on page 9

Stop. You have completed this procedure.

DLP-J8 Set LACP System Priority Using Cisco IOS Commands

Purpose This procedure sets the LACP system priority using
Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 lacp system–priority priority Sets the system priority. The range of the
LACP system priority is from 0 to 65535.
Example: The default value is 32768.
Router(config)# lacp system-priority 200
Step 4 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config)# end
Step 5 show lacp {channel-group-number | counters Displays the LACP information.
| internal [detail] | neighbor [detail] | sys-id}

Example:
Router# show lacp sys-id
Step 6 end Ends the current configuration session.

Example:
Router# end
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

DLP-J9 Set LACP System Priority Using CTC

Purpose This procedure sets LACP system priority using CTC.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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Procedure

Step 1 Complete the NTP-J22 Log into CTC procedure at a node where you want to set the LACP system priority.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Home View.
Step 3 Right–click the fabric or line card and choose Open Packet Transport System View. The Packet Transport
System View dialog box appears.
Step 4 Click the Provisioning tab.
Step 5 From the left pane, click LACP.
Step 6 Enter the priority in the System Priority field.
The range of the LACP system priority is from 0 to 65535. The default value is 32768.

Step 7 Click Apply to set the LACP system priority.

Step 8 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

Understanding LACP 1:1 Redundancy

The LACP 1:1 redundancy feature provides an EtherChannel configuration with one active link and fast
switchover to a hot standby link.
To use the LACP 1:1 redundancy feature, configure the LACP EtherChannel with two ports (one active and
one standby). If the active link goes down, the EtherChannel stays up and the system performs fast switchover
to the hot standby link. When the failed link becomes operational again, the EtherChannel performs another
fast switchover to revert to the original active link.
For the LACP 1:1 redundancy feature to work correctly, especially the fast switchover capability, the feature
needs to be enabled at both ends of the link.

NTP-J4 Configure LACP 1:1 Redundancy with Fast Switchover Using Cisco
IOS Commands
Purpose This procedure configures LACP 1:1 redundancy with
fast switchover using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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For the LACP 1:1 redundancy feature, the channel group must contain two links, of which only one is active.
The link with the lower port priority number (and therefore a higher priority) will be the active link, and the
other link will be in a hot standby state. The maximum number of active member ports (lacp max–bundle)
must be set to 1.

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface port-channel channel-number Identifies the interface port channel and
enters interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface port-channel 10
Step 4 lacp fast-switchover Enables the fast switchover feature for this
channel group.
Example:
Router(config-if)# lacp fast-switchover
Step 5 lacp max-bundle number Sets the maximum number of active member
ports in the channel group to 1.
Example:
Router(config-if)# lacp max-bundle 1
Step 6 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# end
Step 7 show running-config interface port-channel Displays the port channel configuration.
channel-number

Example:
Router# show running-config interface
port-channel 10
Step 8 end Ends the current configuration session.

Example:
Router# end

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Example: Configure LACP 1:1 Redundancy with Fast Switchover

The following example shows how to configure the LACP channel group with 1:1 redundancy using Cisco
IOS commands. Because the Ten Gigabit Ethernet port 4/1 is configured with a higher port priority number
(and therefore a lower priority) than the default value of 32768, it will be the standby port.

Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# lacp system-priority 33000
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet4/1
Router(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode active
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet4/1
Router(config-if)# lacp port-priority 33000
Router(config)# interface port-channel 1
Router(config-if)# lacp fast-switchover
Router(config-if)# lacp max-bundle 1
Router(config-if)# end
Router(config)# show run interface port-channel 1

Understanding LAG
The LAG or an EtherChannel, bundles individual Ethernet links into a single logical link that provides the
aggregate bandwidth of up to eight physical links. When an Ethernet Flow Point is configured on LAG, the
EFP is protected against link failures.
When a link within an EtherChannel fails, the traffic previously carried over the failed link switches to the
remaining links within that EtherChannel.
LAG supports manual load balancing and platform default load balancing. LAG supports Ethernet services.
LAG can be an attachment circuit for MPLS services.
The LACP is a control protocol that is supported on the LAG.

Restrictions of LAG in CPT

The following restrictions apply to LAG in CPT:
• All the member links of LAG must be connected to the same CPT system and must be of the same
interface type (10GE or 1GE). For example, one member link can be present in one CPT 50 and another
member link can be present in another CPT 50. These two CPT 50 panels must be connected to the same
CPT system.
• All the member links of LAG must operate at the same link speed and in full-duplex mode. LACP does
not support the half-duplex mode.
• If you configure a physical port as part of LAG, you cannot configure Ethernet Virtual Circuits (EVCs)
under that physical port.
• The number of LAGs supported in the CPT system is 128 with 8 member links per LAG. A member
link cannot belong to more than one LAG at the same time.
• No MPLS-TP port can be created as LAG.

NTP-J5 Manage a Channel Group

Purpose This procedure manages a channel group.

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Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Perform any of the following procedures as needed:

• DLP-J11 Configure a Channel Group with LACP Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 13
• DLP-J12 Configure a Channel Group Without LACP Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 14
• DLP-J13 Add and Remove Interfaces from a Channel Group Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 16
• DLP-J14 Set a Minimum and Maximum Threshold of Active Links Using Cisco IOS Commands, on
page 17
• DLP-J15 Create a Channel Group Using CTC, on page 19
• DLP-J16 Edit a Channel Group Using CTC, on page 20

Stop. You have completed this procedure.

DLP-J11 Configure a Channel Group with LACP Using Cisco IOS Commands
Purpose This procedure configures a channel group with
LACP using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter
your password if prompted.
Example:

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Command or Action Purpose

Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface port-channel channel-number Identifies the interface port channel.

Example:
Router(config)# interface port-channel 5
Step 4 interface type number Configures a member interface and enters
interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 4/1
Step 5 channel-group channel-number mode {active | Configures the channel group with the
passive} LACP.

Example:
Router(config-if)# channel-group 5 mode active
Step 6 exit Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# exit
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

Example: Configure a Channel Group with LACP

The following example shows how to configure the channel group number 5 using Cisco IOS commands.

Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface port-channel5
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 7/1
Router(config-if)# channel-group 5 mode active
Router(config-if)# exit

DLP-J12 Configure a Channel Group Without LACP Using Cisco IOS Commands
Purpose This procedure configures a channel group without
LACP using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None

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Required/As Needed As needed

Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface port-channel channel-number Identifies the interface port channel.

Example:
Router(config)# interface port-channel 5
Step 4 interface type number Configures a member interface and enters
interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 4/1
Step 5 channel-group channel-number link link-id Configures the channel group without
using LACP.
Example:
Router(config-if)# channel-group 5 link 1
Step 6 exit Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# exit
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

Example: Configure a Channel Group Without Using LACP

The following example shows how to configure the channel group number 5 using Cisco IOS commands.

Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface port-channel5
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 7/1
Router(config-if)# channel-group 5 link 1
Router(config-if)# exit

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DLP-J13 Add and Remove Interfaces from a Channel Group Using Cisco IOS
Commands
Purpose This procedure adds and removes interfaces from a
channel group using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-J5 Configure and Retrieve a Port Channel Using
Cisco IOS Commands, on page 4
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface type number Configures a member interface and enters
the interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet
4/1
Step 4 channel-group channel-group-number mode Adds a Ten Gigabit Ethernet interface to a
{active | passive} channel group.

Example:
Router(config-if)# channel-group 5 mode active
Step 5 no channel-group Removes the Ten Gigabit Ethernet interface
from the channel group.
Example:
Router(config-if)# no channel-group

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Command or Action Purpose

Step 6 exit Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# exit
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

Example: Add and Remove Interface from a Channel Group

The following example shows how to add an interface to a channel group using Cisco IOS commands:

Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 5/0
Router(config-if)# channel-group 5 mode active
Router(config-if)# exit

The following example shows how to remove an interface from a channel group using Cisco IOS commands:

Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 5/0
Router(config-if)# no channel-group
Router(config-if)# exit

DLP-J14 Set a Minimum and Maximum Threshold of Active Links Using Cisco
IOS Commands
Purpose This procedure sets a minimum and maximum
threshold of active links allowed in the LACP bundle
using Cisco IOS commands.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your
password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface port-channel channel-number Creates a port channel virtual interface and enters
interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface port-channel 1
Step 4 lacp min-bundle min-bundle-number Sets the minimum threshold of active member
links allowed in the LACP bundle. The range is
Example: 1 to 8.
Router(config-if)# lacp min-bundle 5
Step 5 lacp max-bundle max-bundle-number Sets the maximum threshold of active member
links allowed in the LACP bundle. The range is
Example: 1 to 8. The maximum threshold value must be
Router(config-if)# lacp max-bundle 7 greater than or equal to the minimum threshold
value.

Step 6 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# end
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP). —

Set a Minimum Threshold of Active Links

The following example shows how to set a minimum threshold of active member links using Cisco IOS
commands:

Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface port-channel 1
Router(config-if)# lacp min-bundle 5
Router(config-if)# end

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DLP-J15 Create a Channel Group Using CTC

Purpose This procedure creates a channel group using CTC.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Step 1 Complete the NTP-J22 Log into CTC procedure at a node where you want to create a channel group.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Home View.
Step 3 Right-click the fabric or line card and choose Open Packet Transport System View. The Packet Transport
System View dialog box appears.
Step 4 Click the Provisioning tab.
Step 5 In the left pane, click Channel Groups.
Step 6 Click Create. The Channel Group Creation dialog box appears.
Step 7 Enter the name of the channel group in the Name field.
Step 8 From the ID drop-down list, choose an ID for this channel group. The IDs range from 1 to 128.
Step 9 From the Standalone list, choose the ports that will belong to this channel group and click the right arrow
button to move the selected ports to the Bundled list.
Step 10 To create a channel group by configuring LACP:
a) Check the LACP check box to configure the channel group using LACP.
b) Enter the MTU value in the MTU field. The default value is 9600.
c) Check the Remote Link Failure Notify check box to enable the remote link failure notify feature for this
channel group.
d) Enter the minimum number of ports that need to be active for the channel group in the Minimum bundle
field. The default value is 1.
e) Enter the maximum number of ports to be bundled in a channel group in the Maximum bundle field. The
default value is 8.
f) Check the Fast Switchover check box to enable the fast switchover feature for this channel group.
g) Click Configure/Edit in the Port LACP area of the port to configure the LACP mode for each port. The
LACP Configuration dialog box appears.
The Port column lists all the ports that are added to the channel group.
• From the LACP Config drop-down list, choose Active or Passive for each port.
• Enter the LACP priority in the Priority field for each port. The default value is 32768. The range of
LACP port priority is from 0 to 65535.

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• Click Apply.

h) Click Configure/Edit in the Layer 2 action area to configure the actions for each Layer 2 protocol. The
L2 Protocol Config dialog box appears.
• From the Action drop-down list, choose Drop, Forward, or Peer for each Layer 2 protocol.
• Click Apply.

i) Click Create. A new channel group is added in the Channel Group table.
Step 11 To create a channel group without configuring LACP:
a) Enter the MTU value in the MTU field. The default value is 9600.
b) Click Configure/Edit in the Layer 2 action area to configure the actions for each Layer 2 protocol. The
L2PT Config dialog box appears.
• From the Action drop-down list, choose Drop, Forward, or Peer for each Layer 2 protocol.
• Click Apply.

c) Click Create. A new channel group is added in the Channel Group table.
Step 12 To delete a channel group, choose a channel group and click Delete.
Step 13 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

DLP-J16 Edit a Channel Group Using CTC

Purpose This procedure edits a channel group using CTC.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-J15 Create a Channel Group Using CTC, on
page 19
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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Procedure

Step 1 Complete the NTP-J22 Log into CTC procedure at a node where you want to edit a channel group.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Home View.
Step 3 Right-click the fabric or line card and choose Open Packet Transport System View. The Packet Transport
System View dialog box appears.
Step 4 Click the Provisioning tab.
Step 5 In the left pane, click Channel Groups.
Step 6 Choose a channel group from the existing channel groups.
Step 7 Click Edit. The Edit Channel Group dialog box appears.
You can modify all the parameters of the channel group except the name and ID.

Step 8 To add ports to an existing channel group, choose the required ports from the Standalone list. Click the right
arrow button to move the selected ports to the Bundled list.
Step 9 To remove ports from an existing channel group, choose the required ports from the Bundled list. Click the
left arrow button to move the selected ports to the Standalone list.
Step 10 Modify the other parameters of the channel group, such as LACP mode of the channel group, soak time,
minimum bundle, maximum bundle, LACP mode of ports, and Layer 2 action configuration as required.
Step 11 Click Apply to edit the channel group.
Step 12 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

Understanding Load Balancing

Manual load balancing enables you to manually specify which member link a service instance must use for
its egress traffic. This allows you, who has knowledge about the type of traffic traversing an EFP, to equally
distribute EFPs.

Note The ingress traffic for any EFP can arrive on any member link of the LAG. All the egress traffic for the
EFP must use only one of the member links.

EFPs can be configured on a channel group. The traffic, carried by the EFPs, is load balanced across the
member links. Ingress traffic for a single EVC can arrive on any member of the bundle. All egress traffic for
an EFP uses only one of the member links. The load balancing is achieved by distributing EFPs between the
member links. The EFPs on a channel group are grouped and each group is associated with a member link.
The manual load balancing mechanism can be used to control the EFP grouping.

Note CPT supports manual load balancing and platform default load balancing. CPT does not support weighted
load balancing in this release. When manual load balancing is not configured and applied to the service
instance, the default platform load balancing mechanism is used.

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Default Load Balancing

In the default load balancing mechanism, the EFP traffic is distributed based on a hashing algorithm that is
determined by the service instance ID and the number of active members in the channel group. The default
load balancing algorithm is explained below.
(Service-instance ID) ÷ max_num_links
The maximum number of member links (max_num_links) supported in CPT is 8. Hence, (Service-instance
ID) ÷ max_num_links value provides a hash bit value from 0 to 7. This value is then compared with the load
share of each member link.
The load share is allocated for each active member link based on the number of active member links in the
channel group. The member link whose load share contains the hash bit is selected as the egress link.
The load share derivation is as follows:
The default load share allocation algorithm allocates the load share bits sequentially to the member links.
Let us consider that we have 4 active links as follows. The load share calculation varies based on the link ids
defined.
Member-1:4/1- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 = 0x11
Member-2:4/2- 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 = 0x22
Member-3:4/3- 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0x44
Member-4:4/4- 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0x88
1 Create a channel group and add 4 member links (4/1, 4/2, 4/3, and 4/4)
2 The load share is calculated for the active member links.
3 Create a service with id 10 on the channel group. In CTC, the service instance id is automatically generated
and can be obtained from the configuration pane (Layer-2 -> Carrier Ethernet).
4 On applying the algorithm: (Service-instance ID) ÷ max_num_links, we get 10 ÷ 8 == 2 (hash bit).
5 In the loadshare derived above, the hash bit = 2 is set for the port 4/3 and hence 4/3 is chosen as the egress
port for the service 10.
6 The same procedure is repeated when services are added to obtain the egress port.

NTP-J6 Configure Manual Load Balancing

Purpose This procedure configures manual load balancing.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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Procedure

Perform any of the following procedures as needed:

• DLP-J17 Configure Manual Load Balancing Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 23
• DLP-J18 Configure Manual Load Balancing Using CTC, on page 25

Stop. You have completed this procedure.

DLP-J17 Configure Manual Load Balancing Using Cisco IOS Commands

Purpose This procedure configures manual load balancing on
the member links of the LAG using Cisco IOS
commands.
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-J11 Configure a Channel Group with LACP
Using Cisco IOS Commands, on page 13
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your
password if prompted.
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Router# configure terminal
Step 3 interface type number Creates a port channel virtual interface and
enters interface configuration mode.
Example:
Router(config)# interface port-channel 10

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Command or Action Purpose

Step 4 service instance id ethernet Configures an Ethernet service instance on an
interface and enters service instance
Example: configuration mode.
Router(config-if)# service instance 100
ethernet
Step 5 encapsulation untagged, dot1q {any | Defines the matching criteria that maps the
vlan-id} second-dot1q {any | vlan-id} ingress dot1q, QinQ, or untagged frames on
an interface to the appropriate service instance.
Example:
Router(config-if-srv)# encapsulation dot1q
100
Step 6 bridge-domain bridge-id Binds the Ethernet service instance to a bridge
domain instance where bridge-id is the
Example: identifier for the bridge domain instance.
Router(config-if-srv)# bridge-domain 100
Step 7 exit Exits the service instance configuration mode.

Example:
Router(config-if-srv)# exit
Step 8 port-channel load-balance {link link-id} Configures the primary load balanced link.

Example:
Router(config-if)# port-channel load-balance
link 1
Step 9 backup link link-id Configures the back up links under the primary
link.
Example:
Router(config-if-lb)#backup link 2,3,4
Step 10 service-instance id Assigns a service instance to a member link
for manual load balancing
Example:
Router(config-if-lb)#service-instance 100
Step 11 exit Returns to interface configuration mode.

Example:
Router(config-if-lb)#exit
Step 12 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Example:
Router(config-if)# end
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Example: Configure Manual Load Balancing

The following example shows how the service instances 100 and 101 are manually assigned to link 1 on Ten
Gigabit Ethernet interface 5/2. The service instances are also assigned backup links 2, 3, and 4.

Router# configure terminal

Router(config)# interface port-channel 10
Router(config-if)# service instance 100 ethernet
Router(config-if-srv)# encapsulation dot1q 100
Router(config-if-srv)# bridge-domain 100
Router(config-if-srv)# exit
Router(config-if)# service instance 101 ethernet
Router(config-if-srv)# encapsulation dot1q 101
Router(config-if-srv)# bridge-domain 101
Router(config-if-srv)# exit
Router(config-if)# port-channel load-balance link 1
Router(config-if-lb)# backup link 2,3,4
Router(config-if-lb)# service-instance 100,101
Router(config-if-lb)# exit

Router(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 5/2

Router(config-if)# channel-group 10 mode active link 1
Router(config-if)# exit

DLP-J18 Configure Manual Load Balancing Using CTC

Purpose This procedure configures manual load balancing on
the ports of the channel group using CTC.

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-J15 Create a Channel Group Using CTC, on
page 19
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

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Procedure

Step 1 Complete the NTP-J22 Log into CTC procedure at a node where you want to configure manual load balancing.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Home View.
Step 3 Right-click the fabric or line card and choose Open Packet Transport System View. The Packet Transport
System View dialog box appears.
Step 4 Click the Provisioning tab.
Step 5 From the left pane, click Channel Groups.
Step 6 Click the Load Balancing tab.
Step 7 From the LAG drop-down list, choose a channel group.
Step 8 Click Create to configure manual load balancing on the ports of the channel group. The Manual Load Balancing
dialog box appears.
Step 9 From the Primary Loadbalanced Link list, choose a port.
Step 10 From the Available Ports list, choose the required ports and click the right arrow button to move the ports to
the Selected Ports list.
The selected ports serve as the backup ports for the primary load balanced port.

Step 11 Click Apply.

See DLP-J2 Create an EVC Circuit Using CTC to choose a channel group as the EFP and configure manual
load balancing on the channel group.

Step 12 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

Show Commands
Display Port Channel Statistics
The following example shows how to view port channel statistics.
Router# show interfaces stats

GigabitEthernet0/1
Switching path Pkts In Chars In Pkts Out Chars Out
Processor 108470 31042570 82259 14255449
Route cache 0 0 0 0
Total 108470 31042570 82259 14255449
GigabitEthernet0/2
Switching path Pkts In Chars In Pkts Out Chars Out
Processor 15979 19073260 15192 1325713
Route cache 0 0 0 0
Total 15979 19073260 15192 1325713
Port-channel15
Switching path Pkts In Chars In Pkts Out Chars Out
Processor 0 0 0 0
Route cache 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

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Router# show interfaces port-channel 2 stats

Port-channel2
Switching path Pkts In Chars In Pkts Out Chars Out
Processor 570546645 295127854241 557694541 291427545417
Route cache 0 0 0 0
Total 570546645 295127854241 557694541 291427545417

Display Port Channel Interface

The following example shows how to view the information for a port channel interface. channel-id is an
integer value between 1 to 128.
Router# show interfaces port-channel channel-id

Router# show interfaces port-channel 20

Port-channel20 is up, line protocol is up

Hardware is GEChannel, address is 0002.0415.0002 (bia 0000.0000.0000)
MTU 9600 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit/sec, DLY 10 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
No. of active members in this channel: 1
Member 0 : TenGigabitEthernet4/2 , Full-duplex, 10000Mb/s
No. of passive members in this channel: 0
Last input never, output never, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
37 packets input, 7820 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts (0 IP multicasts)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input
39 packets output, 8088 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 unknown protocol drops
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 pause output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

Display EFP Statistics

The following example shows how to view EFP statistics.
Router> show ethernet service instance stats

System maximum number of service instances: 32768

Service Instance 2, Interface TenGigabitEthernet3/1

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Pkts In Bytes In Pkts Out Bytes Out

0 0 0 0
Service Instance 2, Interface Port-channel15
Pkts In Bytes In Pkts Out Bytes Out
0 0 0 0

Note The show ethernet service instance stats command does not display the EFP statistics for a pseudowire.
Use the show mpls l2transport vc [vcid] [detail] command to view the EFP statistics for a pseudowire.

Display LACP Activity

The following examples show how to view LACP activity in the network.
Router# show lacp internal

Flags: S - Device is requesting Slow LACPDUs

F - Device is requesting Fast LACPDUs
A - Device is in Active mode P - Device is in Passive mode

Channel group 20
LACP port Admin Oper Port Port
Port Flags State Priority Key Key Number State
Te4/2 SA bndl 32768 0x5 0x5 0x42 0x3D
Router# show lacp 20 counters

LACPDUs Marker Marker Response LACPDUs

Port Sent Recv Sent Recv Sent Recv Pkts Err

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Channel group 20
Te4/2 21 18 0 0 0 0 0
Router# show lacp 20 internal

Flags: S - Device is requesting Slow LACPDUs

F - Device is requesting Fast LACPDUs
A - Device is in Active mode P - Device is in Passive mode

Channel group 20
LACP port Admin Oper Port Port
Port Flags State Priority Key Key Number State
Te4/2 SA bndl 32768 0x5 0x5 0x42 0x3D
Router# show lacp 20 neighbor

Flags: S - Device is requesting Slow LACPDUs

F - Device is requesting Fast LACPDUs
A - Device is in Active mode P - Device is in Passive mode

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Channel group 20 neighbors

Partner's information:

Partner Partner LACP Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner

Port Flags State Port Priority Admin Key Oper Key Port Number Port
State

Te4/2 SA 32768 0011.2026.7300 11s 0x1 0x14 0x3C

Router# show lacp 20 counters

LACPDUs Marker Marker Response LACPDUs

Port Sent Recv Sent Recv Sent Recv Pkts Err
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Channel group: 20
Te4/2 26 31 0 0 0 0 0
Router# show lacp sys-id

32768,0005.9b2e.18e0

Display Manual Load Balancing Configuration

Router# show ethernet service instance load-balance

Manually Assigned Load-Balancing Status for Port-channel1

Link ID 1: TenGigabitEthernet4/1 (Active)

Backup: Link ID 2 TenGigabitEthernet3/2
Service instances: 10

Link ID 2: TenGigabitEthernet3/2 (Active)

Backup: Link ID 1 TenGigabitEthernet4/1
Service instances: 20
Router# show ethernet service instance platform
Displays the port channel EFPs that are currently using the manual or platform load balancing and the egress
link.

EFP id: 10 Interface Port-channel1

Load balancing type: Manual
Associated Egress Interface: TenGigabitEthernet4/1
EFP id: 20 Interface Port-channel1
Load balancing type: Manual
Associated Egress Interface: TenGigabitEthernet3/2
EFP id: 10 Interface Port-channel2
Load balancing type: Manual
Associated Egress Interface: TenGigabitEthernet5/1
EFP id: 20 Interface Port-channel2
Load balancing type: Platform
Associated Egress Interface: TenGigabitEthernet5/1

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Interactions of LAG with Other Features

LAG interacts with the following features:
• EVC
• MPLS
• QoS
• IGMP Snooping
• REP

LAG with EVC

EFPs can be configured on a channel group. The traffic, carried by the EFPs, is load balanced across the
member links. Ingress traffic for a single EVC can arrive on any member of the bundle. All egress traffic for
an EFP uses only one of the member links. The load balancing is achieved by distributing EFPs between the
member links. The EFPs on a channel group are grouped and each group is associated with a member link.
In the default load balancing mechanism, there is no control over how the EFPs are distributed together, and
sometimes the EFP distribution is not ideal. The manual load balancing mechanism can be alternatively used
to control the EFP grouping.
When you configure a physical port as part of a channel group, you cannot configure EVCs under that physical
port.
LAG can be configured for both point–to–point and point–to–multipoint bridge domains.

LAG with MPLS

LAG can be an attachment circuit for MPLS services.
The following example shows how the Ethernet LAG can connect to MPLS.

Router# enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface port-channel 10
Router(config-if)# service instance 10 ethernet
Router(config-if-srv)# xconnect 10.0.0.2 999 encapsulation MPLS
Router(config-if-srv)# exit

LAG with QoS

See QoS Support on Port-Channel.

LAG with IGMP Snooping

See IGMP Snooping Interaction with LAG.

LAG with REP

REP is not supported on member links that are part of a channel group.

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