Etherchannel silent mode

Ok, I'm a little confused by this. As I was the first (and second) time I
read it. So apparently pagp operates in a silent mode by default where it
does not require the far end device to send pagp frames before adding a port
to an etherchannel. That makes sense although a little counterintuitive.
 However, if this is the case what's the difference between the negotiated
modes and unconditional trunking? Also, in the case of auto mode, I thought
the whole point was for it to be passive and wait for PAgP frames to be
sent.

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Received on Thu Aug 19 2010 - 05:43:49 ART