As part of a project I wanted to go ahead and setup port channels on my Cisco 2924s. Apparently on 2924XL’s its a bit different.

Agg1(config)#int Fast
Agg1(config)#int FastEthernet 0/23
Agg1(config-if)#port group 1 ?
  distribution  How transmitted frames are distributed among ports
  <cr>

Agg1(config-if)#port group 1 distr ?
  destination  Transmitted frames are distributed by destination address
  source       Transmitted frames are distributed by source address

Agg1(config-if)#port group 1 dist dest?
destination

Agg1(config-if)#port group 1 distr dest
Agg1(config-if)#int FastEthernet 0/16
Agg1(config-if)#port group 1 distr dest
Agg1(config-if)#int FastEthernet 0/22
Agg1(config-if)#port group 2 dist dest
Agg1(config-if)#int FastEthernet 0/15
Agg1(config-if)#port group 2 dist dest
Agg1(config-if)#

now, look at what we have:

Agg1#sh port group
Group  Interface              Transmit Distribution
-----  ---------------------  ---------------------
    1  FastEthernet0/16       destination address
    1  FastEthernet0/23       destination address
    2  FastEthernet0/15       destination address
    2  FastEthernet0/22       destination address
Agg1#

I then logged into both A1 and B1 and did the same thing on FastEthernet 0/23-24.

Now, if we look at show cdp neighbors, it shows our switches connected twice.

Agg1#sh cdp neigh
Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge
                  S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater

Device ID        Local Intrfce     Holdtme    Capability  Platform  Port ID
A1               Fas 0/16           166         T S       WS-C2924-XFas 0/23
A1               Fas 0/23           166         T S       WS-C2924-XFas 0/24
B1               Fas 0/15           173         T S       WS-C2924-XFas 0/23
B1               Fas 0/22           173         T S       WS-C2924-XFas 0/24
Agg1#

Unfortunately these switches being a little old, none of the “show lacp” stuff is there. I will need to go pull some cables to make sure this is working.

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