* kgannon@lancomms.ie (Kevin Gannon) [Thu 15 Nov 2001, 14:26 CET]:
[in the case of using bridge-groups, ]
> Would one port not block ? FEC would seem to be the way to go
I think so too...
> however note that the FEC hash uses the MAC addresses. So you
> really need multiple MAC going to multiple MACs.
No; you can configure Catalysts to load-balance based on source MAC
address, so you can have many-to-one-MAC traffic patterns balance out
pretty evenly.
By the way: For CatOS, the command is `set port channel', not
`set port trunk' as I wrote earlier. Sorry for that.
-- Niels.
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