[c-nsp] HP IC-DEGX2-TA nw card & bonding / etherchannel?

[Ryan West]

Garry,

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> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:12 AM
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> Subject: [c-nsp] HP IC-DEGX2-TA nw card & bonding / etherchannel?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> a customer of ours is running a box with two HP IC-DEGX2-TA
> Dualport-GigE network cards, configured for bonding to bundle the 4 gig
> of capacity under one IP. Does anybody know whether these will continue
> to work with Cisco switches (2960 etc.)? I've tried to find tech info on
> the card, but all the pages google came up with are from places selling
> the cards ...
> 

It's the drivers and management software for the card that would dictate that.  Most likely there is some type of teaming software (either built-in or 3rd party) that can do LACP (dynamic) or one of the static (SLB) methods that is equivalent of mode on.  The 2960 will support either of those.

-ryan