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Can we configure sub-interfaces in etherchannel

sainath9890
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Is it possible to configure sub-interfaces in etherchannel or portchannel in Cisco switches 

 

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An EtherChannel can be configured as Trunk, which means that you can transport different VLANs through the channel. That is equivalent to what you want to achieve with sub-interfaces.

To add to this, if you want to terminate the vlans on the switch, you can create SVIs (switched virtual interfaces), give them an ip, and they will work similar to a sub-interface.
Make the port channel a trunk, create the SVIs, and you basically have sub-interfaces (but slightly different). 

Yes, this is an example:

 

interface Port-channel10
description XXXX
no ip address
!
interface Port-channel10.200
encapsulation dot1Q 200
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

 

 

The Port Channel 10 has a sub interface 200 ables to handle tagged frames with vlan 200.

 

Regards.

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