OT: Nexus deployment with 802.3ad LACP team

Hello all,

We are rolling out a deployment of Nexus 5k's and 2k's with VSS.
following is the design that we have chosen. The

                                                       ___________
              N2K1------>N5K1 --------------- | 6509 |
Server< || -----vPC---- | VSS |
LACP N2K2------>N5K2 -------------- |___________|

The N5K1 and N5K2 are using vPC to connect to the 6509's. This link is
up and functioning properly.
My question is if we are using active/active LACP from the server side
NIC's do we have to configure port-channel on the N2K1 and N2K2? I
have tried it with and without and in both cases my maximum throughput
is just below 1Gbps. I would have though that teaming up the NIC's on
the server would give me at least something over a gig of throughput
or am I wrong in my assumption.

Also when I specify the mode for the channel-group as active
(channel-group 10 mode active) my port-channel status shows as down
and my port status is (I). Is LACP not supported on host ports for the
N2K's?

If I have confused anyone then I apologize!!

Thanks in advance!
Usama

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Received on Fri Feb 26 2010 - 19:08:31 ART