LAG Configuration Example
In this setup, 2 routers are connected via 4 cables each of 1 Gig bandwidth. By setting up Link aggregation, the logical bandwidth becomes 4 Gig link.
Link aggregation in the routers is achieved by creating a Bonding interface. The physical interfaces eth0, eth1, eth2 and eth3 are made member of the Bonding interface.
So, the four interfaces on R1 are collectively called as a Bond and similarly for R2.
We have different modes available while configuring Bond. The default mode is 802.3ad.
Other modes available are:
| – | active-backup |
| – | broadcast |
| – | round-robin |
| – | transmit-load-balance |
| – | adaptive-load-balance |
| – | xor-hash |
The above mentioned features are offered and supported by VCL-MX-50xx family of IP/MPLS Routers.