| Description | This table facilitates the creation and deletion of a
Port Channel interface to achieve higher bandwidths
than just one E_port. More than one E_port can be a
member of an Port Channel port.
NOTE:Only E_ports can be members of an Port Channel
port.
A port is added to a Port Channel port by setting
portChannelMemberList,and the 'manner' in which the
agent performs the type of addition is determined
by the value of portChannelAddType.
During the period when port(s) is being added to the
Port Channel, the agent will not allow to change any
parameters of the port(s) being added. Also if the
operation is successful (i.e. port(s) is added to the
Port Channel) then also the agent will not allow to
change any parameters of the individual port(s) that is
added. But any change done to the Port Channel port
will also be applied to the port(s) which are member(s)
of this Port channel port. Once a port(s) is removed
from a Port Channel Port it will retain the values that
it had when it was a member of the Port Channel port.
It will not have the old values it had before joining
the Port Channel port.
The port(s) that are added/removed to/from a
Port Channel port will be put into administratively
down (ifAdminStatus='down') which results into
operationally down(ifOperStatus='down'). To bring the
port up again, the user has to set the port to be
administratively up(ifAdminStatus='up'). Then the port
goes through its initialization cycle to become
active(ifOperStatus='up'). |