port-channel on 9k

[DAVID]

I have a single host with two nics that I want on the same two vlans on my 9k. I have created a port-channel group

interface port-channel56
description trunk port to XXXXX
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,202
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
vpc 56

int Ethernet 1/56
description XXXXX
switchmode trunk
switchport trunk allowed  vlan 10, 202
channel-group 56 mode active

Yet neither the interfaces nor the port-channel comes up.  What did I over look or have missing??  Or should I be doing LACP?  I have a server with two nics that I need to be able to allow traffic from vlans 10 and 202 respectively to that server. Thanks in advance.

[Manish Gogna]

You should be configuring it as per the following guide

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus9000/sw/6-x/interfaces/configuration/guide/b_Cisco_Nexus_9000_Series_NX-OS_Interfaces_Configuration_Guide/b_Cisco_Nexus_9000_Series_NX-OS_Interfaces_Configuration_Guide_chapter_0111.html#concept_084B6860BD4C467D8B89DFACE07ECE05

You can enter the show vpc brief and show vpc consistency-parameters commands and check the syslog messages.

You configure the port channels by using one of the following:

>>    No protocol

>>  Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

When you configure the port channels in a vPC—including the vPC peer link channel—without using LACP, each device can have up to eight active links in a single port channel. When you configure the port channels in a vPC—including the vPC peer link channels—using LACP, each device can have eight active links and eight standby links in a single port channel. (See the “vPC Interactions with Other Features” section for more information on using LACP and vPCs.)

Manish