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Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok
From: Ben Cannon <ben () 6by7 net>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 16:32:34 -0700
While it goes without saying that you need the same (can be 5!) number of links to each router in a multichassis LAG, what isn’t so obvious are things like port groups etc. If you have an oversubscribed platform, you might need to look at running each wire in a LAG to different port groups, and then look at things like switch ASICs and span those as well. Even try to span diverse slots/modules if you can. But 5 6 or 4 per chassis shouldn’t make a huge difference. -Ben
On May 16, 2018, at 3:48 PM, Wayne Bouchard <web () typo org> wrote: As others have noted, there can be implementation specific issues that you can't necessarily predict but most typically when I hear "odd vs even" discussions, usually the caveat is not a trunk but a redundant connection. Putting three links on router A and two links on router B obviously doesn't work well.On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 10:15:19AM -0500, Aaron Gould wrote: I have (2) 10 gig links bundled in a lag to my upstream internet provider. and we need more internet capacity. Is it cool to add a third 10 gig to my existing 20 gig lag internet connection? I'm asking since I heard in the past something negative about odd numbers of lag members. .but I also have heard that it's not a big deal. Let me know please -Aaron--- Wayne Bouchard web () typo org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
Current thread:
- is odd number of links in lag group ok Aaron Gould (May 15)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Jared Mauch (May 15)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Mark Tinka (May 15)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Adam Atkinson (May 15)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Saku Ytti (May 16)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Ben Cannon (May 15)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Mark Tinka (May 15)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Jared Mauch (May 15)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Wayne Bouchard (May 16)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Ben Cannon (May 21)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Mark Tinka (May 22)
- Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok Ben Cannon (May 21)
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- RE: is odd number of links in lag group ok Jakob Heitz (jheitz) (May 16)