[139399] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: LAGing backbone links
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Thu Apr 7 02:45:46 2011
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From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 07:45:20 +0100
To: Daniel Roesen <dr@cluenet.de>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 6 Apr 2011, at 23:17, Daniel Roesen <dr@cluenet.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:05:59PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote:
>> Some older equipment will unequally prefer certain links over others,=20
>> depending on the number of members in the LAG. I.e. a 2-member LAG might=
=20
>> load balance equally under ideal conditions, but a 3-member LAG might=20
>> naturally load balance 2:2:1.
>=20
> Even newer gear does that. TurboIron 24X for example.=20
I believe this has been fixed on s/w version 4.2.00 on the turboiron, and th=
at it can now support arbitrary numbers of lag members. Haven't tested it th=
ough...
Nick
