From: Sadiq Yakasai (sadiqtanko@gmail.com)
Date: Thu May 29 2008 - 07:03:50 ART
Option 1: Invalid because when you when you configure an Etherchannel, you
are required to have the same allowed VLAN list on all member interfaces.
Without the Etherchannel config, it is a valid load-balancing strategy.
Howver, this only load balances in one direction (from this switch's point
of view, you need a similar config on the other end of the connection).
Option 2: Valid case, however, this assumption is based on this switch being
the root switch and you are only load balancing on the reverse direction and
not the forward direction. By setting the port priority for the VLANs, you
are just telling the down stream switch what port to use when coming to this
switch and not when this switch is sending traffic to the down stream
switch.
Option 3: Valid, as this is the same as Option 1 but without the
etherchannel config :)
HTH
Sadiq
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