[c-nsp] How to cross 1Gbps boundary economically?

[Phil Bedard]

Etherchannels work fine as long as the traffic patterns equally  
balance traffic
across the interfaces.  That may or may not be what you want  
depending on what you are doing
with the firewall/IDS systems.  I'd take a hard look at Etherchannels  
before forklifting and upgrading
to 10Gb, since they work fine in most scenarios.


Phil


On Jul 6, 2007, at 2:58 PM, Joe Loiacono wrote:

> We have a saturating 1Gbps link (actually a redundant pair) and  
> would like
> to upgrade as economically as possible. Two options come to mind right
> away: 2Gbps ether-channel, and 10Gbps. Because the 10Gbps option  
> requires
> a fork-lift upgrade it is currently off the table.
>
> Does anyone have experience with ether-channel when you throw in  
> redundant
> firewalls and IDS's?
>
> What is the most common way to pass this (perplexing) boundary?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
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