You configure an aggregated Ethernet virtual link by specifying the link number as a physical device and then associating a set of ports that have the same speed and are in full-duplex mode. The physical interfaces can be Fast Ethernet, Tri-Rate Ethernet copper, Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet IQ, 10-Gigabit Ethernet IQ, Gigabit Ethernet IQ2, or 10-Gigabit Ethernet IQ2 interfaces. Generally, you cannot use a combination of these interfaces within the same aggregated link; however, you can combine Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet IQ interfaces in a single aggregated Ethernet bundle.
The following routing platforms support a maximum of 16 physical interfaces per single aggregated Ethernet bundle:
All other routing platforms support a maximum of 8 physical interfaces per aggregated Ethernet bundle.
Aggregated Ethernet interfaces can use interfaces from different FPCs, DPCs, or PICs.
Simple filters are not supported for interfaces in aggregated Ethernet bundles:
On the aggregated bundle, no IQ-specific capabilities such as MAC accounting, VLAN rewrites, and VLAN queuing are available. For more information about IQ-specific capabilities, see Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Accounting and Policing.
Aggregated Ethernet interfaces can be either tagged or untagged, with LACP enabled or disabled. Aggregated Ethernet interfaces on Ethernet IQ2 PICs In MX-series routing platforms support the configuration of flexible-vlan-tagging, native-vlan-id, and rewrite operations on dual-tagged frames, which consist of the following configuration statements:
In all cases, you must set the number of aggregated Ethernet interfaces on the chassis. You can also set the link speed and the minimum links in a bundle.