Switch Command to set Port Channel Port number (Po#)

[Dean Romanelli]

Hi All,

Is there a command I can use in my Cisco switch that will allow me to assign the port number I want for a port channel interface (Po#)?

For example:

int fa0/1

channel-group 1 mode on

Issuing that command automatically creates interface Po1.  However, for internal numbering convention ease, I want the port channel interface tied to channel-group 1 to be port 13 (Po13).

Is this possible?

[Robert Falconer · Accepted solution]

The number in the interface channel-group command corresponds to a specific po interface.

So if you've created po13, you will have to use the channel-group 13 on the physical interface. If you use channel-group 1 on the interface, it will assign that physical interface to po1. You can't tie the command in the physical interface to a different numbered po interface.

[Dean Romanelli]

Thank you.