Trying to set up trunk from 6513 to Windows 2012

[Colin Higgins]

I have two catalyst 6513s set up in a VSS pair. I am trying to connect 2 network adapters on a Windows 2012 server to each switch in either a dot1q trunk, or a LACP connection.

I haven't been able to do either. The individual connections will come up, but the port-channel never comes up.

for LACP, I go into the switch and do a

int g1/1/33

switchport

switchport mode access

switchport access vlan 300

channel-group 50 mode active

int po50

no shut

On the Windows machine, I go into network adapter teaming, select the two cards to team, and set the mode to LACP

I then create the logical interface and assign an IP address

but the port-channel stays down, even though the interfaces come up.

If I try to do a dot1q trunk, the same thing happens.

What am I missing here?

[Reza Sharifi · Accepted solution]

What is the output of "sh etherc summa"?

Also, under the portchannel can you add:

int po50

switchport mode access

switchport access vlan 300

no sh

and test again?

HTH

[Colin Higgins]

Rebooting the server correcte the issue (go figure)

But one last question: is it possible to do a dot1q trunk to a Windows Server 2012 machine? Or do I need special network adapter software?