LACP with a Cisco 2960G and an IBM I7 Server

Question

I am attempting to get LACP working with a Cisco 2960 and an IBM I7 server.
The connection seems redundant.  I can unplug GI0/8 and traffic still flows and clients are not disconnected from the IBM I7.  I can do the same with GI0/9 once GI0/8 is plugged back in.
Two issues.
1.  How can I change the LACP timer from slow to fast?
2.  Why does my port Gi0/8 show as INDEP in the show lacp detail command?
Port: Gi0/8
Port state    = Up Sngl-port-Bndl Mstr Not-in-Bndl
Channel group = 3           Mode = Active          Gcchange = -
Port-channel  = null        GC   =   -             Pseudo port-channel = Po3
Port index    = 0           Load = 0x00            Protocol =   LACP
Flags:  S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs   F - Device is sending fast LACPDUs.
        A - Device is in active mode.        P - Device is in passive mode.
Local information:
                            LACP port     Admin     Oper    Port        Port
Port      Flags   State     Priority      Key       Key     Number      State
Gi0/8     SA      indep     32768         0x3       0x3     0x8         0x7D
Age of the port in the current state: 2d:17h:20m:08s
Port: Gi0/9
Port state    = Up Mstr Assoc In-Bndl
Channel group = 3           Mode = Active          Gcchange = -
Port-channel  = Po3         GC   =   -             Pseudo port-channel = Po3
Port index    = 0           Load = 0x00            Protocol =   LACP
Flags:  S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs   F - Device is sending fast LACPDUs.
        A - Device is in active mode.        P - Device is in passive mode.
Local information:
                            LACP port     Admin     Oper    Port        Port
Port      Flags   State     Priority      Key       Key     Number      State
Gi0/9     SA      bndl      32768         0x3       0x3     0x9         0x3D
Partner's information:
                  LACP port                        Admin  Oper   Port    Port
Port      Flags   Priority  Dev ID          Age    key    Key    Number  State
Gi0/9     SA      0         40f2.e95c.f433  25s    0x0    0x8102 0x1     0x3D
Age of the port in the current state: 2d:17h:27m:44s
                Port-channels in the group:
Port-channel: Po3    (Primary Aggregator)
Age of the Port-channel   = 365d:21h:06m:46s
Logical slot/port   = 2/3          Number of ports = 1
HotStandBy port = null
Port state          = Port-channel Ag-Inuse
Protocol            =   LACP
Port security       = Disabled
Ports in the Port-channel:
Index   Load   Port     EC state        No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+-----------
  0     00     Gi0/9    Active             0
Time since last port bundled:    2d:17h:26m:07s    Gi0/8
Time since last port Un-bundled: 2d:17h:25m:02s    Gi0/8

Answer 1

Hi,
With IBMi7 the support for LACP starts to my knowledge since i7.1 TR7. If that is your case will you please post the DSPLIND (with AGGRSCL option) command output.
As for the LACP fast timer setting while it can be configured on various Cisco boxes I am affraid it cannot be done with Cat2960.
Thanks & Regards,
Antonin