This is because of more advanced chipset on the 6000/6500. In the Cat 5500
series the EBC ( Ethernet Bundeling Controller ) has its limitations in the
bundling of the switch ports and allows you to only form bundles of
contiguous ports and those too in the same group.
Regards
Atif
-----Original Message-----
From: Luong, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Cisco Group Study' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 2:53 AM
Subject: EtherChannel on 6500 Series
>Hi Folks:
>
>Why is that on the software documentation on the 6000/6500 series of the
>Catalyst switches say "....Ports in an EtherChannel need not be contiguous
>or on the same module"? I had studied the etherchannel architecture on the
>5500 series and in fact, the links or ports does need to be configured in a
>bundle of two or four links (contiguous) in the same switch module. Is it a
>model series changed from 5000 to 6000 or just the level of CatIOS feature?
>
>TIA,
>
>David Luong
>CCNP,CCNA,Network+,A+,i-Net+
>Telecommunications Analyst
>Insurance Corporation of B.C.
>Vancouver, B.C CANADA
>
>
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