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danielllek

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January 7th, 2008 12:00

Lag across stack members

I have two PC 6448 switches, I would like to buy stacking modules and create LAGs like this:
ch1: ports 1/g1, 2/g1
ch2: ports 1/g2, 2/g2
and so on...

Is it possible?

I asked at local dell support and they've said that they're not certain about this :-/

TIA

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Daniel Fenert
  • stormytoad

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    Posted March 12th, 2008 13:00

    I'm currently using LAGs like that to connect to my servers and other stacks with 6224s and 6248s.

     

    It is a great feature which is one of the main reasons I purchased these switches.  Once you stack two of these switches they function as one unit.  The only bad thing I have heard is that if the master switch fails it can take a minute or two for the stack to come back up.

     

    Here is a sample dump from my running config of a LAG:

     

    interface port-channel 5
    description 'To ****** 6248 stack'
    switchport mode general
    no switchport general acceptable-frame-type tagged-only
    switchport general allowed vlan add 2 tagged
    switchport general allowed vlan add 1 tagged

     

    interface ethernet 1/g22
    channel-group 5 mode auto
    switchport mode general
    no switchport general acceptable-frame-type tagged-only
    switchport general allowed vlan add 2 tagged
    switchport general allowed vlan add 1 tagged

     

    interface ethernet 2/g22
    channel-group 5 mode auto
    switchport mode general
    no switchport general acceptable-frame-type tagged-only
    switchport general allowed vlan add 2 tagged
    switchport general allowed vlan add 1 tagged

    Message Edited by stormytoad on 03-12-2008 09:53 AM
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    Posted April 2nd, 2008 05:00

    Just for the record: Yes, it works.

     

    The only problem is that, there are only 8 port channels per whole stack. 

  • stormytoad

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    Posted April 2nd, 2008 13:00

    8 was the limit in ver 1.x.x.x firmware. 

     

    In the new 2.x.x.x firmware you can have up to 18!  Which is a lot better, but might still not be enough for some environments.

    Message Edited by stormytoad on 04-02-2008 09:30 AM