Verifying lacp operation and lag configuration – Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s User Manual

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Table 8. Output Field Descriptions for show link-bundle-distribution port-channel Command

Field

Description

Link-bundle trigger threshold

Threshold value that is the checkpoint, exceeding
which the link bundle is marked as being

overutilized and alarm is generated

LAG bundle number

Number of the LAG bundle

Utilization (In Percent)

Traffic usage in percentage of the packets

processed by the port channel

Alarm State

Indicates whether an alarm is generated if over-

utilization of the port channel occurred. The value,
Active, is displayed for this field.

Interface

Slot and port number, and the type of the member

interface of the port channel

Line Protocol

Indicates whether the interface is administratively

up or down

Utilization (In Percent)

Traffic usage in percentage of the packets

processed by the particular member interface

You can also use the show running-configuration interface port-channel command in EXEC
Privilege mode to view whether the mechanism to evaluate the utilization of the member interfaces of
the LAG bundle is enabled. The following sample output illustrates the portion of this show command:
Dell#show running-config int port-channel 1

!

interface Port-channel 1

mtu 12000

portmode hybrid

switchport

vlt-peer-lag port-channel 1

no shutdown

link-bundle-monitor enable

Verifying LACP Operation and LAG Configuration

To verify the operational status and configuration of a dynamically created LAG, and LACP operation on a

LAG on an Aggregator, enter the show interfaces port-channel port-channel-number and
show lacp port-channel-number commands.
The show outputs in this section for uplink LAG 128 and server-facing LAG 1 refer to the LACP Operation
on an Aggregator
figure

show interfaces port-channel 128Command Example

Dell# show interfaces port-channel 128

Port-channel 128 is up, line protocol is up

Created by LACP protocol

Hardware address is 00:01:e8:e1:e1:c1, Current address is 00:01:e8:e1:e1:c1

Interface index is 1107755136

Minimum number of links to bring Port-channel up is 1

Internet address is not set

Mode of IP Address Assignment : NONE

DHCP Client-ID :lag1280001e8e1e1c1

MTU 12000 bytes, IP MTU 11982 bytes

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