Nexus 3000 Port-Channel configuration within single switch

[ciscobigcat]

This might be a very simple question, but what is the correct configuration settings when you want to create an ether-channel using 2 ports on the same Nexus switch to a Esxi host?

Do you need to specify the "vpc" command within the interface port-channel configuration or not? The understanding is that vpc is for multi-chassis but I need to confirm from you guys.

thank you in advance

nic

[raju gogula]

yes, VPC feature is to extend the port-channel to multi-chassis. if you are going from single switch to ESX, you don't need VPC on port-channel config.

[ciscobigcat]

Thank you for that confirmation.

In order to then implement this, can you tell me if the following commands will be the correct ones?

--- ports 4 and 5 on a single Nexus 3000 switch

interface port-channel2
  switchport mode trunk
  switchport trunk allowed vlan all
  speed 10000

interface Ethernet1/4
  switchport mode trunk
  switchport trunk allowed vlan all
  channel-group 2

interface Ethernet1/5
  switchport mode trunk
  switchport trunk allowed vlan all
  channel-group 2

Couple questions on these commands:

1. Is the NIC speed actually needed on the interface port-channel configuration?
2. what mode will the channel be on? What is the default?
3. Is the statement  "switchport trunk allowed vlan all" correct? I got this from regular 3750 switch configurations.

Basically I want confirmation as how to quickly and simply setup a plain port-channel on a nexus switch with a vmware host.

Thank you in advance