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Odd Number of Port Channels on 3560G

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peterlyttle

Technical User
Nov 6, 2006
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Hello,

Please can someone please clarify the following -

Can you have an odd number of ports in a port channel on a 3560G switch?

This document doesnt say anything about having an odd number on a 3560 but it does say the following for the high end 6500 Series -

"An EtherChannel can have an odd number of ports. The minimum number of ports required to form an Etherchannel is two."


Does this mean that as its not mentioned that its not supported?

Cheers,
Pete
 
I don't see any reason why you would believe you need an even number?
A port channel is an aggregated link consisting of two or more physical links.
 
It was due to the load balancing algorithm that 1 out of the 3 links may see higher utilisation than the other 2, i.e. an uneven traffic allocation per physical link
 
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