From: Lee Donald (Lee.Donald@t-systems.co.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 13 2005 - 12:39:15 GMT-3
Alan,
I believe it can be done using separate switches in the same admin domain,
i.e. clusters but not totally separate switches??
How would to seperate switches run an ether channel, one switch does not
know about the other switches ports, how would it use one of the other
switches ports in a bundle.
Ask your collegue to show you in the lab !!
Regards
Lee.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Halachmi [mailto:alan@halachmi.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:19 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: EtherChannel/Link Aggregation
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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