EtherChannel/Link Aggregation

From: Alan Halachmi (alan@halachmi.net)
Date: Wed Apr 13 2005 - 12:18:45 GMT-3


Good Morning,

        I'm hoping this group will have some insight... I've just had a
conversation with a colleague of mine who believes that EtherChannel and/or
Link Aggregation can be supported across multiple switching chassis. As an
example, my colleague claims that if an AIX system is configured with a
virtual EtherChannel or Link Aggregation interface (one physical interface
to switch 1 and the second physical interface to switch 2), and the
switches are running EtherChannel, 802.3ea, or 802.3ad LAC that the AIX
system is able to successfully communicate with other systems over that
aggregated bandwidth. I didn't think that EtherChannel or Link Aggregation
could be done across multiple switches. Thoughts?

Best,
Alan



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