Re: Channel Bonding: link aggregation across 2 switches


js wrote:
There are 2 switches on the data centre which is a switch managed by the
hosting company. Our servers have dual NICs in them and they are currently
configured using active-backup. Thus, only one slave is active at any time.

AFAIK, the switch is meshed together to provide redundant connections.

In this scenario, is it possible to have have link aggregation across 2
different switches that are meshed together ?

There are a variety of ways. I personally prefer doing this at layer 3
(IP layer), especially if your switches can also route at wire speed.

Basically, you assign each link an IP address and you assign the
machine a third IP address. You then advertise a route to the third IP
address over each link and arrange for traffic to be shared over
equal-cost links.

DS

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