ASAv channel-group command not available under interface

[networkwise]

Hi,

I have an ASAv Firewall. My goal is to combine a couple of interfaces into a logical port channel.

When I enter config mode and go into an interface the channel-group command is not there.

Wondering what I'm not doing, besides not being smart ?

Andy

ASA1(config-if)# ?                      

Interface configuration commands:

  authentication   authentication subcommands

  bfd              BFD interface configuration commands

  bridge-group     Specify the bridge group that this interface is a part of

  cts              Configure interface specific CTS settings

  ddns             Configure dynamic DNS

  default          Set a command to its defaults

  delay            Specify interface throughput delay

  description      Interface specific description

  dhcp             Configure parameters for DHCP client

  dhcprelay        Configure DHCP Relay Agent

  duplex           Configure duplex operation

  exit             Exit from interface configuration mode

  flowcontrol      Configure flowcontrol operation

  hello-interval   Configures EIGRP-IPv4 hello interval

  help             Description of the interactive help system

  help             Interactive help for interface subcommands

  hold-time        Configures EIGRP-IPv4 hold time

  igmp             IGMP interface commands

  ip               Configure the ip address

  ipv6             IPv6 interface subcommands

  mac-address      Assign MAC address to interface

  management-only  Dedicate an interface to management. Block thru traffic

  mfib             Interface Specific MFIB Control

  multicast        Configure multicast routing

  nameif           Assign name to interface

  no               Negate a command or set its defaults

  nve-only         Dedicate an interface to source-interface of a NVE. Block

                   thru traffic

  ospf             OSPF interface commands

  pim              PIM interface commands

  policy-route     Enable policy based routing

  pppoe            Configure parameters for PPPoE client

  rip              Router Information Protocol

  security-level   Specify the security level of this interface after this

                   keyword, Eg: 0, 100 etc. The relative security level between

                   two interfaces determines the way the Adaptive Security

                   Algorithm is applied. A lower security_level interface is

                   outside relative to a higher level interface and equivalent

                   interfaces are outside to each other

  shutdown         Shutdown the selected interface

  speed            Configure speed operation

  split-horizon    Configures EIGRP-IPv4 split-horizon

  summary-address  Configures EIGRP-IPv4 summary-address

  zone-member      Associate interface to a zone

[Karsten Iwen · Accepted solution]

The ASAv does not support Ether-Channels. You also should ask yourself for what it should be used? You would combine two virtual interfaces to a new virtual interface. You don't get any real benefit from that. If you want redundancy for your outside links, just build the channels on the hypervisor-host.

[networkwise]

Thanks for your guidance. I'm using the ASAv in a GNS environment, I'd set up a lab and wanted to configure EtherChannel between the Firewall and a IOSv switch. Your comments makes sense.

Thanks for the support.

Andy 

[lionel valero]

Hello,

A use case : ASAv to 2 vPC nexus

Regards