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cpgascho
Asked: 2011-02-11 07:55:59 +0800 CST

Port aggregation on server/switch

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If I aggregate two NIC ports on a ESXi Server do they also need to be aggregated on the switch for it to work properly? I do not have a smart switch so I have not been able to do this but other then failover i am wondering if there was any port to aggregating the ESXi NIC ports

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    Yes, to get link aggregation working properly (either LACP or EtherChannel), you need to have that configured on both the client and the switch. I also believe that VMware don't support 'dynamic' LACP properly, only 'static' LACP (whatever that is). I use EtherChannel on a Cisco 3750 and it works great.

    edit to add: to configure on the VMware side, you need to set the Load Balancing policy to 'Route based on IP hash' in the NIC Teaming tab on the vSwitch.

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