08-14-2007 08:44 PM - edited 03-03-2019 06:19 PM
I have done lots of etherchanneling in data centers. But I have never tried it as a failover topology between two sites. In the LAN it works great for the additional bandwidth and for failover. i.e. if one of the *ethernet in the bundle goes out the other members of the etherchannel just keep chugging along.
So imagine site A with Cat2948 2/49 ethernet over fiber to carrier 1 and 2/50 ethernet over fiber to carrier 2. Site B 25 miles away is setup the same. Ports 2/49 and 2/50 are configured as an etherchannel bundle. On the surface it seems like this should work. But might I be missing something perhaps with the two carriers, timing, the distance or other?
08-14-2007 09:34 PM
Hi
I think it is not going to work.Think it as making a channel on two chassis,which is not possible.i,e we cannot from a channel with the links going to two seprate switches.
Thanks
Mahmood
08-14-2007 09:51 PM
Hi Mahmood. In my scenario I'm talking about just two switches - one at each data center.
I realize you can't form an etherchannel if the fiber connections terminated on two different switches at one or both of the sites.
08-15-2007 03:41 AM
In theory this should work. Is connection to your carrier a DarkFiber, or other type of Layer 1 service?
08-15-2007 07:31 AM
The hand off at each end is fiber to a switch that is provided by the carrier. That switch then connects into the carrier's fabric and terminates at the far side with another switch. The single circuit which is already in place behaves just like any LAN GigE over fiber connection in a data center. So I think adding a second similar circuit (via another carrier) will behave no differently.
08-16-2007 09:47 PM
I spoke to the carrier. The answer is "it depends". One carrier AT&T passed through all layer 2 information. The other Qwest/Onfiber did not pass on BPDUs etc to the far side.
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