[10808] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE West
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Stuart)
Mon Jul 14 17:01:49 1997
To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 14 Jul 97 15:12:56 -0400.
<19970714151256.31101@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 97 13:15:04 -0700
From: Stephen Stuart <stuart@pa.dec.com>
> > The topic being discussed is not what happens within an aggregate, but
> > what happens when two aggregates are using. This would be akin to
> > having two multi-link PPP connections (each constructed out of some
> > number of physical links).
>
> Ok, then a fair description of the problem is that "circuits cannot be
> aggregated across multiple switch chassis". And that's not, in and of
> itself, bad component design.
>
> However, it pretty apparently limits the ability to make the best use
> of your circuits in your system design...
The issue is spanning tree, not component design. Yes, technologies
that configure their topology using a spanning tree limit your ability
to make best use of potentially expensive circuits in your system
design.
Stephen
