I believe the PAGP is in reference to the Etherchannel. The switchport mode
trunk is for DTP negotiation.

PAGP (Cisco way) has auto and desirable as options, where the first is
passive negotiation and the second is active negotiation.
LACP (Non-Cisco standard) has the passive and active as options, where the
first is ... passive negotiation and the second is active.
The "on" EtherChannel is like static Etherchannel. No negotiation done
there.

So the solution to an EtherChannels trunk using non-Cisco routers would be, 

interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 switchport trunk encap dot1q
 switchport mode trunk
 channel-group mode active
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
 switchport trunk encap dot1q
 switchport mode trunk
 channel-group mode active

Regards

Ralph Olsen
CCIE #20652

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Emne: [OSL | CCIE_RS] IPex Lab 32 Simple LAN question

So I'm pretty much certain I found the answer to this
question through reading CISCOUNIVERCD.

But the ask in this lab: 

"Make sure that either switch could be replaced with a
non-cisco switch."

I admit it threw me off a bit cause I immediately
started thinking about 802.1q vs ISL

The PG was looking for you to not use PAGP.

So is this config correct?

Cat1

interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode trunk 

It says here "switchport mode trunk" ...
Does that mean the default mode is LACP?

Usually we are used to be asked in these labs to take
a group of interfaces and do a L2 trunk over and
etherchannel and we usually use "channel-group x mode
on" somewhere in the config.

CISCOUNIVERCD says:

"on — Forces the interface to channel without PAgP.
With the on mode, a usable EtherChannel exists only
when an interface group in the on mode is connected to
another interface group in the on mode."

??


 
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