Odd Number of Port Channels on 3560G

[peterlyttle]

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."

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk213/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094646.shtml#cat3560

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

Cheers,
Pete

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

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.

 

[peterlyttle]

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