Etherchannel problem

Is the connection a trunk or not ?

If is is then lose the "switchport access vlan 4" command and get rid of DTP - configure the trunk as nonegotiate

Thank for the prompt reply. I am assuming it should be a trunk, I was just trying to allow the channel to pass only traffic on that vlan.

So should i enter:

no switchport access vlan 4 switchport mode trunk nonegotiate

Thanks J

Thank for the prompt reply. I am assuming it should be a trunk, I was just trying to allow the channel to pass only traffic on that vlan.

So should i enter:

no switchport access vlan 4 switchport mode trunk nonegotiate

Thanks J

What is the status of the 3560 port that is connected to the network? Is it err-disabled? If so, what is the cause?

If you only want vlan 4 on the trunk use switchport trunk allowed vlan otherwise use switch trun native vlan or something like that.

URB

try

! 6513 port channel configuration

no int po 1 no int gi 13/1

interface Port-channel 1 description trunk between 6513 and 6509 no ip address load-interval 30 switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk switchport nonegotiate switchport trunk allowed vlan 4 ! permit only vlan 4 traffic across trunk no shutdown

interface GigabitEthernet 13/1 description trunk between 6513 and 6509 no ip address load-interval 30 switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk switchport nonegotiate switchport trunk allowed vlan 4 channel-group 1 mode on no shutdown

Thanks for this. Works a charm. I am trying to understand the load balancing aspect. I have many hosts going to few servers. From my reading it looks like port-channel load-balance src-dst-mac would work best.

Do you agree? Thanks again

I am not sure of the best load balancing algorithm as I have never tested.

You can configure load-interval 30 on each of teh interface you place in a port-channel to be able to get a better idea of their instanteious utilization