Im always a fan of bonding ports together for more throughput. I mean, when you have capability to do so and the port density, why not? 1 Gig is not as fast as 2 Gig, right? In the 8.X code that Brocade has come out with, they have retired the "trunk" command. I found this out the hard way when I upgraded some switches to the 8.X code and then tried to configure the bonded ports. This is what I got in return:
"Command Not Allowed in NI style LAG CLI mode".
Bummer. I have no idea what that means, but I do know it means that I cant configure trunks like I used to. Here was the old config way that I tried in the 8.X code:
trunk ethe 1/1/1 to ethe 1/1/4
port-name "TO VM SWITCHES" ethernet 1/1/1
port-name "TO VM SWITCHES" ethernet 1/1/2
port-name "TO VM SWITCHES" ethernet 1/1/3
port-name "TO VM SWITCHES" ethernet 1/1/4
trunk deploy
I guess its time to move to another method.
Link Aggregation Groups. Thats the way now in the 8.X code. Here is how I configured the bonded ports:
6610(config)# lag LAG01 static id 1
6610(config-lag-LAG01)#ports ethernet 1/1/1 to 1/1/4
6610(config-lag-LAG01)#primary-port 1/1/1
6610(config-lag-LAG01)#deploy
This bonded 4 1Gig ports together for a total of 4Gig. I like that, and when connecting uplinks, that can be important. When you have a switch that has 1Gig ports already, you NEED your uplinks to be faster than your server/pc ports.
When I do a 'show run', this is what it looks like:
lag "LAG01" static id 1
ports ethernet 1/1/1 to ethernet 1/1/4
primary-port 1/1/1
deploy
port-name Uplink ethernet 1/1/1
So, here are some notes I found on Brocade's site when I had to look up this configuration.
The new LAG configuration procedures supersede the previous configurations procedures for LAGs and Dynamic Link Aggregation. When a Brocade device is upgraded to 08.0.00a any configurations for LAGs or Dynamic Link Aggregation defined in releases prior to 08.0.00a will be converted to a 08.0.00a (and later) compatible LAG configuration. Details about how this conversion is performed are described in “Migrating from a previous release to 08.0.00a LAG or LACP configuration”.
Brocade software supports the IEEE 802.3ad standard for link aggregation.
This standard describes the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), a mechanism for allowing ports on both sides of a redundant link to form a trunk link (aggregate link), without the need for manual configuration of the ports into trunk groups. When you enable link aggregation on a group of ports, the ports can negotiate with the ports at the remote end of the links to establish trunk groups.
This is the retired Shane Killen personal blog, an IT technical blog about configs and topics related to the Network and Security Engineer working with Cisco, Brocade, Check Point, and Palo Alto and Sonicwall. I hope this blog serves you well. -- May The Lord bless you and keep you. May He shine His face upon you, and bring you peace.
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