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Why Dynamic Etherchannel Over Static Static Configuration ?

GabrielART
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Hello ladies and gents, 

This might be an easy question for some of you, but I am still trying to see the benefit of dynamic Etherchannel configuration over static configuration. The amount of line commands are the same as shown in the example below, so there is no benefit on the configuration part, other than load-balancing and link failures. Thanks.

 

Example of comparing the amount of lines necessary to configure dynamic and static Etherchannel. 

Example 1 - LACP Ethernchannel: 

SW1(config)#interface range f0/23 - 24

SW1(config-if-range)#channel-group 1  mode active

SW1(config-if-range)#exit

SW1(config)#inter port-channel 1

SW1(config-if)#description Link to SW2

SW1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk

SW1(config-if)#switchport trunk native vlan 199

 

SW2(config)#inter range f0/23 - 24

SW2(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode active

SW2(config-if-range)#exit

SW2(config)#inter port-channel 1

SW2(config-if)#description Link to SW1

SW2(config-if)#switchport mode trunk

SW2(config-if)#switchport trunk native vlan 199

 

Example 2 - Static Etherchannel: 

SW1(config)#inter range g0/1 - 2

SW1(config-if-range)#channel-group 3 mode on

SW1(config-if-range)#exit

SW1(config)#inter port-channel 3

SW1(config-if)#description Link to SW2

SW1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk

SW1(config-if)#switchport trunk native vlan 199

 

SW2(config)#inter range g0/1 - 2

SW2(config-if-range)#channel-group 3 mode on

SW2(config-if-range)#exit)

SW2(config)#inter port-channel 3

SW2(config-if)#description Link to SW1

SW2(config-if)#switchport mode trunk

SW2(config-if)#switchport trunk native vlan 199

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