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NETWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS
T
h
e Cisco IOS an
d
CatOS operating systems run on Cisco
network switches and
rovide Cisco EtherChannel,
Fast EtherChannel (FEC), and Gigabit EtherChannel
(
GEC
)
technolo
g
ies, which enable network administra
-
t
ors to group ports on Cisco switc
h
es toget
h
er to increase
available throu
g
hput. Dell PowerConnect switches o
ff
er
a simi
l
ar tec
h
no
l
ogy
k
nown as
l
in
k
aggregation groups
(LAGs), which are desi
g
ned to increase the overall band
-
w
idth between two Dell switches by aggregating multiple
p
orts to act as a sin
gl
e,
l
o
g
ica
l
connection
b
etween t
h
e
switches. Dell PowerConnect 5316M switches im
p
lement
IEEE 802.3a
d
–
b
ase
d
l
in
k
aggregation, w
h
ic
h
is interoper
-
able with Cisco EtherChannel technolo
g
y
.
1
L
in
k
aggregation on De
ll
PowerConnect switc
h
es can
be con
f
i
g
ured as either dynamic or static. The dynamic
con
f
iguration uses the IEEE 802.3ad standard, which is
also known as Link A
gg
re
g
ation Control Protocol (LACP).
LACP enables a Gigabit Ethernet switch to con
f
irm that
t
he external switch is also confi
g
ured for link a
gg
re
g
a
-
tion. Static configuration is used when connecting the
D
ell PowerConnect 5316M Gi
g
abit Ethernet switch to an
externa
l
Giga
b
it Et
h
ernet switc
h
t
h
at
d
oes not support
L
ACP. In a static con
f
i
g
uration, a cablin
g
or con
f
i
g
ura-
tion mista
k
e invo
l
ving t
h
e PowerConnect 5316M or t
h
e
external switch could
g
o undetected and thus could cause
un
d
esira
bl
e networ
k
b
e
h
avior. Bot
h
static an
d
dy
namic
L
AGs (via LACP) can detect physical link failures within
the LAG and continue
f
orwarding tra
ff
ic through the other
co
nn
ected
l
in
ks
wi
th
in
that
sa
m
e
LA
G.
LA
C
P
ca
n
also
detect switch or
p
ort
f
ailures that do not result in the
loss of a link, helping provide a more resilient LAG. Best
p
ractices su
gg
est usin
g
dynamic link a
gg
re
g
ation instead
of static link aggregation
.
T
he examples presented in this article use the command
-
line inter
f
ace
(
CLI
)
o
f
the Dell PowerConnect 5316M to con-
f
i
g
ure the switch.
2
These example confi
g
urations also ca
n
b
e implemented via the Web-based graphical user inter
f
ace
(
GUI
)
of the PowerConnect 5316M.
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BY BRUCE HOLME
S
Link Aggregation Interoperability
of the Dell Power
C
onnect 5316M
S
witch and
C
isco
S
witches
This article explains how to configure the Dell
™
PowerConnect
™
5316M Gigabit Ethernet
switch, which resides within the Dell Modular Server Enclosure, to interoperate and
connect with Cisco IOS-based and CatOS-based switches by using industry-standard
link aggregation groups that adhere to the IEEE 802.3ad standard.
Related Categories:
Blade servers
Cisco
Command line interface (CLI)
Data networking
Dell PowerConnect switches
Dell PowerEdge blade servers
Ethernet
Internetworking
Scripting
Visit www.dell.com/powersolutions
for the complete category index.
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I
n dynamic confi
g
urations, this interoperability is possible only via LACP, not the proprietary Cisco Port A
gg
re
g
ation Protocol (PA
g
P). Link a
gg
re
g
ation interoperability for all Dell PowerConnec
t
products is tested at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab. This lab tests products for the Bridge Functions Consortium, which includes leading vendors of switch and networking
products. For more in
f
ormation, visit
f
tp://
f
tp.iol.unh.edu/pub/b
f
c/testsuites/la.io.test.suite.pd
f.
2
For more information about configuring LAGs via the CLI., see the “Port Channel Commands” section of the
Dell PowerConnect 5316M CLI Reference Guide
at support.dell.com/support/edocs/
e
n
etwork/P
C
5316M/en/
C
LI/
p
ortchan.htm#1016308.
3
F
or more information about confi
g
urin
g
LA
G
s via the
G
UI, see the “Definin
g
LA
G
Parameters” section of the
Dell PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet Switch Module User’s Guide
at support.dell.
e
com/su
pp
ort/edocs/network/P
C
5316M/en/U
G
/switch.htm#1125197.
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