Etherchannel negotiation real world applications

Hi,

I am just going over etherchannel at the moment and wondering what the pro's
and cons are comparing negotiation and no negotiation.

I know it is similar to DTP where you can automatically negotiate an
etherchannel but why do this? You still have to create a channel group
interface at both ends so why not just set the mode to 'ON' while you are
there?

I understand its application with servers that talk LACP for example. Does
anyone know why negotiation would be preferred over no negotiation and vice
versa?

Thanks,

-Aaron.

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Received on Wed Mar 23 2011 - 20:42:12 ART