200-301: Cisco Certified Network AssociateDemo

A Layer 3 EtherChannel that uses an open standard must use LACP, which on Cisco switches is configured with channel-group ... mode active or passive; auto is for PAgP, and on does not use a negotiation protocol. For a Layer 3 EtherChannel, the port-channel itself must be a routed interface by applying no switchport, and the IP address is assigned to that port-channel interface rather than configuring it as a Layer 2 trunk. Cisco documentation states that Layer 3 EtherChannels should have the Layer 3 address on the port-channel logical interface and that no switchport puts the interface into Layer 3 mode.