Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:48:06 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Brian A. Seklecki" <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com> Cc: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bondbind like for FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20070626194805.GK6494@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <1182878409.67654.61.camel@soundwave.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com> References: <46812FE9.2050104@esiee.fr> <20070626153618.GG6494@dan.emsphone.com> <1182878409.67654.61.camel@soundwave.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com>
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In the last episode (Jun 26), Brian A. Seklecki said: > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 10:36 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > > > ethernet load balancing or trunking that use the Cisco's > > > etherchannel ) ? > > > > lagg > > Very cool. > > Two questions: > > 1) "fec" and "lacp" must be used against the same physical switch, > correct? Yes. The lagg device is strictly to convert multiple links between two devices to a single logical one. You can't build a mesh out of a bunch of switches or anything like that. > 2) What is the deterministic logic behind active/standby for > "failover"? A heartbeat on the segment or physical interface state > change? All the protocols use link state, and lacp additionally sends its configuration packets every 30 seconds. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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