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Chapter 6

EtherChannel

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

What is EtherChannel technology?
How do you configure EtherChannel?
How do you troubleshoot EtherChannel?

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the Glossary.

EtherChannel Page 176

link aggregation Page 176

source MAC and destination MAC load balancing Page 177

source IP and destination IP load balancing Page 177

Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) Page 179

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Page 179

802.3ad Page 181

port channel interface Page 184

Introduction (6.0)

Your network design includes redundant switches and links. You have some version of STP configured to ...

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