Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software Configuration Guide, Release 3.11.x

Information About Port Channels

Port channels provide a mechanism for combining individual links into a group to create a single logical link that provides the aggregate bandwidth of up to eight physical links. Port channels provide increased bandwidth and redundancy and balance the traffic load between the members port. If a member port within a port channel fails, traffic previously carried over the failed port switches to the remaining member ports.

Port channels can be configured using static mode (no protocol) or the Link Access Control Protocol (LACP). Any configuration changes that you apply to the port channel are applied to each member port of the port channel. A port channel must have at least two ports. A port channel can be added to a bridge. A bond is created when a port channel has more than two members and the port channel is added to a bridge.

A port can be a member of only one port channel. All the ports in a port channel must be compatible; they must use the same speed and operate in full-duplex mode.

Port Channels Bond Mode

A port channel can be configured for the following bond modes:

active-backup : In this mode, one of the ports in the aggregated link is active and all others ports are in the standby mode.
balance-slb : In this mode, load balancing of traffic is done based on the source MAC address and VLAN.
balance-tcp : In this mode, 5-tuple (source and destination IP, source and destination port, protocol) is used to balance traffic across the ports in an aggregated link.

Port Channels LACP Mode

A port channel can be configured for the following LACP modes:

off : Indicates that no mode is applicable.
active : Indicates that the port initiates transmission of LACP packets.
passive : Indicates that the port only responds to the LACP packets that it receives but does not initiate the LACP negotiation.

Creating a Port Channel

To create a port channel:


configure terminal
pnic pc type port_channel lacp_type active bond_mode balance-tcp trunks 10, 20
commit

Port Channel Creation APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/pnics /api/operational/pnics	pnic `name` type port_channel show pnic

Adding a Port to a Port Channel

A port channel must have at least two ports. A bond is created when a port channel has more than two members and the port channel is added to a bridge. You can add a port to a new port channel or a port channel that already contains ports.

To add a port to a port channel:


configure terminal
pnic eth1 member_of pc
commit

Adding a Port to a Port Channel APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/pnics/pnic/ `name` /member_of	pnic `name` member_of `portchannel_name`

Adding a Port Channel to a Bridge

You can add a port channel to a new bridge or an existing bridge. When a port channel is added to a bridge, a bond is added for the port channel.

To add a port channel to a bridge:


configure terminal
bridges bridge test-br port pc
commit

Adding a Port Channel to a Bridge APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/bridges/bridge/ `bridgename`	bridges bridge `name` port `portchannel_name`

Deleting a Port Channel

Before deleting a port channel, you must remove all members assigned to the port channel. If the port channel is configured on the bridge, you must remove the port channel from the bridge.

To delete a port channel:


configure terminal
no pnic pc
commit

Port Channel Deletion APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/pnics/pnic/ `portchannel_name` /api/operational/pnics	no pnic `portchannel_name` show pnic

Removing a Port from a Port Channel

To remove a port from a port channel:


configure terminal
no pnic eth1 member_of pc
commit

Removing a Port from a Port Channel APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/pnics/pnic/ `name` /member_of	no pnic `name` member_of `portchannel_name`

Removing a Port Channel from a Bridge

To remove a port channel from a bridge:


configure terminal
no bridges bridge test-br port pc
commit

Removing a Port Channel from a Bridge APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/bridges/bridge/ `bridgename`	no bridges bridge `bridgename` port `portname`

Configuring LLDP

To enable LLDP on a port:


configure terminal
pnic eth0 lldp enabled
commit

To disable LLDP on a port:


configure terminal
pnic eth0 lldp disabled
commit

LLDP Configuration APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/pnics/pnic/ `portname` /lldp /api/operational/lldp /api/operational/lldp?deep	pnic `name` lldp show lldp

Configuring Admin Status of a Port

To bring a port up administratively:


configure terminal
pnic eth5 adminstatus up
commit

To bring a port down administratively:


configure terminal
pnic eth5 adminstatus down
commit

Admin Status Configuration APIs and Commands


APIs	Commands
/api/config/pnics/pnic/ `portname` /adminstatus	pnic `name` adminstatus

Tracking Changes for a Port

Note

This feature is supported only on ENCS 5400.

The configured VNICs tracks the state of the ports based on the PNICs notifications. To verify the state of the port, use show interface or ethtool commands. You can also use commads specific to the VM, that displays the interface link state.

To configure track state on GE0-0 & GE0-1:


configure terminal
pnic GE0-0 track-state ROUTER 1
end

To configure track state on switch port:


configure terminal
switch interface gigabitEthernet 1/0 track-state ROUTER 2
end

Speed, Duplex and Autonegotiation

To enable autonegotiation on a port:


configure terminal
pnic GE0-0 speed auto duplex auto
commit

To configure speed and duplex with non auto values:


configure terminal
pnic GE0-0 speed 100 duplex full
commit

Speed can be set to 10, 100, 1G, 10G, 10G_PF, 10G_SR, 10G_VF and auto. Duplex values can be set at full, half and auto.

Use show pnic GE0-0 operational-speed , show pnic GE0-0 operational-duplex and show pnic GE0-0 autoneg to verify the configurations.