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Creating an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel
Procedure
Step 1
In the Navigation pane, click the LAN tab.
Step 2
On the LAN tab, expand LAN > LAN Cloud.
Step 3
Expand the node for the fabric interconnect where you want to add the port channel.
Step 4
Right-click the Port Channels node and choose Create Port Channel.
Step 5
In the Set Port Channel Name page of the Create Port Channel wizard, do the following:
a) Complete the following fields:
DescriptionName
The identifier for the port channel.
Enter an integer between 1 and 256. This ID cannot be changed after
the port channel has been saved.
ID field
A user-defined name for the port channel.
This name can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters. You
cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), _
(underscore), : (colon), and . (period), and you cannot change this
name after the object has been saved.
Name field
b) Click Next.
Step 6
In the Add Ports page of the Create Port Channel wizard, do the following:
a) In the Ports table, choose one or more ports to include in the port channel.
b) Click the >> button to add the ports to the Ports in the port channel table.
You can use the << button to remove ports from the port channel.
Cisco UCS Manager warns you if you select a port that has been configured as a server port. You
can click Yes in the dialog box to reconfigure that port as an uplink Ethernet port and include it
in the port channel.
Note
Step 7
Click Finish.
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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Uplink Ethernet Port Channels