The document outlines a lab exercise focused on configuring layer 2 etherchannels using static configuration and dynamic protocols (LACP and PAgP). Participants are required to set up three etherchannels between a pair of distribution and access switches according to specific configurations, ensuring proper trunking and negotiation. The lab emphasizes the importance of understanding the initial configurations while making necessary adjustments for successful etherchannel operation.

1. Config Lab L2 EtherChannel 2 Both layer 2 EtherChannel and layer 3 EtherChannel use the
same set of commands to create the channel. You have the option to use static configuration or
one of two dynamic protocols to negotiate the formation of a trunk (LACP or PAgP). Today's lab
provides a little exercise on all three options (static, PAgP, LACP) in the context of L2
EtherChannels, but it helps you prepare for both L2 and L3 EtherChannel configuration. The Lab
Exercise Requirements This lab uses a small LAN, all acting as layer 2 switches. Several pairs of
switches connect with a pair of links that operate as 802.1 Q trunks. Your job: make each pair of
links operate as a layer 2 EtherChannel. As a bit of a twist, the initial configuration for this lab
pre-configures some details. Your job is to determine the correct configuration that should be
added to the initial configuration. By starting out with some configuration, you not only have to
think about a nice orderly configuration, but also the impacts of the existing configuration on the
final EtherChannel configuration. The specific rules for this lab are: - Configure the three
EtherChannels shown in the figure as follows: - Dist 1 - Dist 2: manually configured. - Dist 1 -
Access 1: Use LACP, with Dist1 initiating the negotiations and Access 1 not initiating the
negotiations. - Dist2 - Access 2: Use PAgP, with Dist2 initiating the negotiations and Access2
not initiating the negotiations. - All physical links between switches already use 802.1 Q
trunking per the initial configurations. - Ensure that the Port Channels act as trunks: - Use 802.1
Q trunking instead of ISL. - Configure all switches to dynamically negotiate trunking, and all
switches to initiate that negotiation. - All physical links between switches already use 802.1Q
trunking per the initial configurations. - Ensure that the Port Channels act as trunks: - Use
802.1Q trunking instead of ISL. - Configure all switches to dynamically negotiate trunking, and
all switches to initiate that negotiation. Figure 1: Distribution/Access Switch Topology Initial
Configuration Examples 1, 2, 3, and 4 show the beginning configuration state of Dist1, Dist2,
Access1, and Access2. hostname Distl ! vlan 2 , 3 , 4 interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1 switchport
trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode dynamic desirable channel-group 10 mode on !
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2 switchport access vlan 2 switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq
switchport mode dynamic desirable channel-group 10 mode on ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3
switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode dynamic desirable channel-group 20 mode
active ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/4 switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode
dynamic desirable channel-group 20 mode active Example 1: Dist1 Config hostname Dist 2 !
vlan 2 , 3 , 4 ! interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport
mode dynamic desirable channel-group 10 mode on ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2 switchport
trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode dynamic desirable switchport access vlan 2 channel-
group 10 mode on ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3 switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq
switchport mode dynamic desirable channel-group 20 mode auto ! interface GigabitEthernet
1/0/4 switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode dynamic desirable switchport access
vlan 2 channel-group 20 mode auto Example 2: Dist2 Config hostname Access 1 ! vlan 2 , 3 , 4 !
interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode dynamic
desirable channel-group 20 mode desirable ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2 switchport trunk
encapsulation dotlq switchport mode dynamic desirable channel-group 20 mode desirable
Example 3: Access1 Config hostname Access 2 ! vlan 2 , 3 , 4 ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1
switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode dynamic desirable channel-group 20 mode
auto ! interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 switchport trunk encapsulation dotlq switchport mode
dynamic desirable switchport access vlan 2 channel-group 20 mode auto Example 4: Access2
Config