000-221 · Question #159
Given the following output, what is the most likely cause for the error shown?
The correct answer is A. ent0 is part of an EtherChannel. When a physical adapter such as ent0 is already a member of an EtherChannel aggregation, direct configuration of that adapter fails because its settings are managed through the EtherChannel device.
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Given the following output, what is the most likely cause for the error shown?
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- Aent0 is part of an EtherChannel.
- Bent0 is not connected to a switch.
- CThe network that ent0 accesses is unavailable.
- DThe SEA providing network connectivity for ent0 is unavailable.
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(29 responses)- A72% (21)
- B7% (2)
- C7% (2)
- D14% (4)
Why each option
When a physical adapter such as ent0 is already a member of an EtherChannel aggregation, direct configuration of that adapter fails because its settings are managed through the EtherChannel device.
An EtherChannel aggregates physical adapters under a single logical device; the member adapters (e.g., ent0) lose their independent configurability. Any attempt to directly modify attributes such as IP address, speed, or MTU on ent0 will fail with an error because those operations must be performed on the EtherChannel device itself, which owns the member adapter.
A disconnected cable produces link-state errors and affects traffic, but does not generate a configuration-level error of the type typically shown when an adapter is locked to an aggregation.
Upstream network unavailability causes connectivity failures at the routing or switching layer and would not produce an adapter-level configuration error on ent0.
A SEA (Shared Ethernet Adapter) is a VIOS virtual networking construct; if ent0 were a SEA member, the error message and context would differ from EtherChannel membership errors.
Concept tested: AIX EtherChannel member adapter configuration restriction
Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=management-etherchannel-ieee-8023ad-link-aggregation
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