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Examples of setting LACP between Broadcom 57xx NICs and Cat4506-E?

tandemdx-cco
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‎05-05-2012 11:15 AM - edited ‎03-07-2019 06:32 AM

I am trying to get a 4 x 1GbE LAG group connected between a server with Broadcom 5709C GigE interfaces, and four 1GbE ports on a blade on my Cat4506-E.

The server NICs are running the most current versions of the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BASC) and the most current versions of the Broaddcom drivers.   Additionally, the Cat4506-E is running the most current platform supported version

The BASC utility offers the option of setting up an the LACP group as either  "Link Aggregation" or as "Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static".

Given that these are the two LACP options available for configuring the Broadcom driver for LACP, should the channel-group mode for the GigE ports on the 4506-E be configured for 'mode active' or 'mode on'?

And are there any best practice examples for how to best configure the LACP channel between these particular OEM NICs and the 4506-E?

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Reza Sharifi
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‎05-05-2012 01:13 PM

Here is the guide for configuring

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk213/technologies_tech_note09186a00800949c2.shtml

When configuring Etherchannel usually the switch side is in active mode and the server side is passive

HTH

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