[c-nsp] Core to access links. Use single etherchannel?

Laurent Geyer lgeyer at gmail.com
Wed Apr 23 18:02:06 EDT 2008


On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Grant Moerschel <gm at wavegard.com> wrote:

> Is it a viable and recommended option to instead portchannel those two gig
> ports
> on both sides to both double the bandwidth and eliminate spanning tree
> issues?  If so, on the core switch side should one gig link be on, for
> example, 4/1 and the other on 5/1 in case a 6509 module fails?


You don't make clear whether you're talking about a pair of 6509s that your
access switch is connected to or a single 6509.

Assuming it is the latter, an etherchannel between the core and the access
switch would be perfectly viable.

Cheers,

Laurent G.


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