Port Channel creation question

[maybeimaleo]

On my company's 4510R I want to create a port-channel. I go into config t and then type int port-channel61 (or port-channel 61). I get this error:

int port-channel61
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

What am I missing?

 

[vipergg]

Try it with a space between port-channel and 61 . If you are in conf mode it should work, has to be a syntax problem.

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

what about "int po1"?

Are there any listed in your "show run"?

Maybe you have too many already - different IOSs support different numbers of them, but I think it's either 64 or 128.

 

[maybeimaleo]

I have tried a space between channel and the number but I get the same error.

Yes, there are others listed. I think we have between 10-15.

int po1, I will try that.

 

[maybeimaleo]

Nope, int po61 does not work. We have eleven port-channel groups.

This is very strange, is the syntax for creating a port-channel wrong?

 

[Belushi]

Try going to the individual interfaces that will comprise the port channel and run the following command:

channel-group 61 mode xxxx

Where the xxx refers to the type of etherchannel you wish to create (on|LACP|PaGP). This should in theory create the port channel for you. Then you should also see the port channel interface created.

 

[vipergg]

Another simple question is do you have access to make changes on the switch ? Can you configure other things ok ? If using username and password users can be restricted on what they can do , same can be said if you are using tacacs .just something else to check. The syntax looks fine and I have never seen anything like that.

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

Are you in configuration mode?

 

[maybeimaleo]

Yes, I can make other changes as I have created port channel groups on this switch. I will ask about the restricted permissions...

Yes, I am in config mode.

 

[vipergg]

Can you post a show runn minus any addressing ?

 

[maybeimaleo]

Ah... I'd rather not. :/

 

[burtsbees]

Do a sh priv

/

tim@tim-laptop ~ $ sudo apt-get install windows
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package windows...Thank Goodness!

 

[maybeimaleo]

Can you believe it, going into the interface and typing channel-group 61 mode on created the port-channel? I don't understand the logic but it indeed worked.

 

[vipergg]

Yes that also creates a port channel SVI .