Chapter 7
Configuring LAN Ports for Layer 2 Switching
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You cannot configure a custom EtherType field value on the ports in an EtherChannel.
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You cannot form an EtherChannel from ports that are configured with custom EtherType field
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This example shows how to configure the EtherType field value to 0x1234:
Router (config-if)# switchport dot1q ethertype 1234
Router (config-if)#
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WS-X6516-GBIC
The WS-X6516A-GBIC and WS-X6516-GBIC modules apply a configured custom
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EtherType field value to all ports supported by each port ASIC (1 through 8 and
9 through 16).
WS-X6516-GE-TX
WS-X6748-GE-TX
WS-X6724-SFP
WS-X6704-10GE
WS-X6816-GBIC
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