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S4810 stacking, VLT
If I connect two S4810 switches in VLT I can use all four 40GbE ports on each switch for the VTIi.
If I stack two S4810 switches I seem to be limited to only using two 40GbE ports on each switch Is this correct? (Earlier versions of the doc said more could be use for 'redundancy' but this has been removed. It also didn't say if the redundant links were active).
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January 20th, 2014 06:00
Are you talking about connecting the two switches via link aggregated ports Vs. Stacking the switch? What document are you referring to?
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January 20th, 2014 14:00
I apologize, I completely misinterpreted what you were asking.
Hasan Mansur has a couple of great blogs that details Stacking Vs. VLT. I would give them a read through. With the information in the blogs you should then be able to better determine if your S4810 switches are better suited as a stack or VLT, in your network.
http://hasanmansur.com/2012/10/15/force10-s4810-stacking-vs-vlt/
http://hasanmansur.com/2012/11/07/force10-s4810-vlt-quick-configuration-sample/
Let us know if you have any other questions come up.
Thanks
avhays
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January 21st, 2014 06:00
Dell answered my question by saying if you are only stacking two units you can use all four 40GbE ports. More than two in a ring topology you are limited to using just two ports.