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How many EtherChannel Can a Cisco IOS switch support?
64 EtherChannels
A Catalyst 4500/4000 series switch with Cisco IOS Software (Supervisor Engine II+ and later) supports a maximum of 64 EtherChannels. You can form an EtherChannel with up to eight compatibly configured Ethernet interfaces on any module and across modules.
Which EtherChannel protocol is Cisco proprietary?
Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP)
The Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) is a Cisco-proprietary protocol that can be run only on Cisco switches and on those switches licensed by vendors to support PAgP. PAgP facilitates the automatic creation of EtherChannels by exchanging PAgP packets between Ethernet ports.
What is the maximum number of ports we can put in one EtherChannel?
Using an EtherChannel has numerous advantages, and probably the most desirable aspect is the bandwidth. Using the maximum of 8 active ports a total bandwidth of 800 Mbit/s, 8 Gbit/s or 80 Gbit/s is possible depending on port speed.
Is PAgP better than LACP?
The most significant difference is the vendors supported for them. LACP is open standard and supported by most of vendors, while PAGP is Cisco proprietary only used between Cisco devices. Thus if you need to form the Etherchannel on stack switch, it is better to choose LACP instead of PAGP.
Is the Cisco 3560 L2 or L3?
Cisco 3560 L2 or L3? Is there a simple way to really verify that the cisco 3560 is a layer 2 or layer 3 switch? or is it actually dependent upon the ios image that it’s running? Thanks. Solved! Go to Solution. 10-15-2009 03:38 PM
How many Ethernet ports are there in catalyst 3560?
The EtherChannel provides full-duplex bandwidth up to 800 Mb/s (Fast EtherChannel) or 8 Gb/s (Gigabit EtherChannel) between your switch and another switch or host. Each EtherChannel can consist of up to eight compatibly configured Ethernet ports. All ports in each EtherChannel must be configured as either Layer 2 or Layer 3 ports.
What kind of software does Cisco Catalyst 3560 CX use?
Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX compact switches ship with the IP Base version of Cisco IOS ® Software. The 3560-CX switches can be upgraded to use the IP Services version of IOS Software with a Right-To-Use (RTU) License.
Which is the global configuration command for catalyst 3560?
You also can use the interface port-channel port-channel-number global configuration command to manually create the port-channel logical interface, but then you must use the channel-group channel-group-number command to bind the logical interface to a physical port.