No problem, I was looking up on CCO, the Etherchannel configuration for ios 5.4 and it confirmed my thoughts and yours. I was able to the get line up as a channel once I turned off trunking, set the right vlan to the ports, assigned po channel 8/2-3 desirable and 1/1-2 auto, and turned trunking back on.
Thanks to all Brad Moss CCNA -----Original Message----- From: Carroll Kong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 2:25 PM To: Brad Moss Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem with Etherchannel [7:23692] Yeah, sorry for the misinformation before. Here is the a good way to remember the modes. The most part, PaGP is either auto or desirable. Or you can just turn the pesky thing on or off. (non-PaGp). Of course it will only work if you are both on if you choose the non-PaGp mode. As for knowing the right compatibility, remember that desirable people are also aggressive. :) Two aggressive people can communicate. Auto is passive. Two passive people cannot communicate. One aggressive and one passive can communicate as well. Just think of an aggressive desirable as those players. (male or female). Those nice guys and girls who are passive just never get with anyone. :) Sorry, I just immediately jumped the gun and assumed you chose the two passive case without really reading carefully and remembering my own rules. :( Very bad form, I do not blame anyone for not believing me after such a blunder. You cannot do both as desirable. One must be desirable and the other auto. Or you can try forcing the modes to "on" and "on". That might fix it! At 12:57 PM 10/21/01 -0400, Brad Moss wrote: >I am trying to connect two cat5500s and am unable to get port channel to >come online. I have configured both sides below is the config of the ports. >Any help would be greatly appreciated. These are production switches the >only thing I have to done is reboot them. For some reason they are not >recognizing that they are connect to the same switch on the other end of >either link. I am unaware on any "special" things that must happen for port >channeling both blades support it. > > >Set po channel 8/3-4 mode desirable >Set trunk 8/3 isl on >Set trunk 8/4 isl on > >Set po channel 1/1-2 desirable >Set trunk 1/1 isl on >Set trunk 1/2 isl on > >Port Name Status Vlan Level Duplex Speed Type >----- ------------------ ---------- ---------- ------ ------ ----- -------- - >--- > 8/3 connected trunk normal full 100 100BaseFX >MM > >Port Status Channel Admin Ch > Mode Group Id >----- ---------- -------------------- ----- ----- > 8/3 connected desirable non-silent 157 0 > >Port Name Status Vlan Level Duplex Speed Type >----- ------------------ ---------- ---------- ------ ------ ----- -------- - >--- > 8/4 connected trunk normal full 100 100BaseFX >MM >Port Status Channel Admin Ch > Mode Group Id >----- ---------- -------------------- ----- ----- > 8/4 connected desirable non-silent 157 0 > >SJMDFSW01> (enable) sho po channel >No ports channeling > >Port Name Status Vlan Level Duplex Speed Type >----- ------------------ ---------- ---------- ------ ------ ----- -------- - >--- > 1/1 Uplink SJMDFSW01 connected trunk normal full 100 100BaseFX >MM > >Port Status Channel Channel Neighbor Neighbor > mode status device port >----- ---------- --------- ----------- ------------------------- ---------- > 1/1 connected desirable not channel > >Port Name Status Vlan Level Duplex Speed Type >----- ------------------ ---------- ---------- ------ ------ ----- -------- - >--- > 1/2 Uplink SJMDFSW01 connected trunk normal full 100 100BaseFX >MM > >Port Status Channel Channel Neighbor Neighbor > mode status device >port >----- ---------- --------- ----------- ------------------------- ---------- > 1/2 connected desirable not channel > >SJDCSW02> (enable) sho po channel >No ports channelling > > >Brad Moss, CCNA >Network Administrator >CHRISTUS St. Joseph's Medical Center - South >www.christushealth.org >(903) 737-3160 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Carroll Kong Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23710&t=23692 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]