Hello,
Trying to get our etherchannels working correctly with our network admin. Here's our config with a couple of questions.
1. Since this is creating the trunk between switch and host directly, should I use spanning-tree portfast edge trunk ?
2. When do we use no ip address and when not to for this setup? I see examples online showing with and without it.
3. In some articles it describes being in access mode while in others it says dot1q trunk mode. See here for access mode. Admin thinks he should use dot1q.
4. Etherchannel is fully support and preferred spreading links across cards, right? Not all links on same card?
5. Does the order matter for changing load balancing algorithm in vmware first or doing cisco work first? I did vmware first. (IP-hash)
This is on a 6500 series switch with 4 cards/blades.
! interface Port-channel200 switchport switchport access vlan 81 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport trunk allowed vlan 69,81,172,896 switchport mode trunk switchport nonegotiate ! interface GigabitEthernet2/35 switchport switchport access vlan 81 switchport trunk allowed vlan 69,81,172,896 switchport mode trunk switchport nonegotiate spanning-tree portfast edge channel-group 200 mode on ! interface GigabitEthernet8/10 switchport switchport access vlan 81 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport trunk allowed vlan 69,81,172,896 switchport mode trunk switchport nonegotiate spanning-tree portfast edge channel-group 200 mode on