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Implemeting 802.3ad on linux bond and bridge with Dell 5324
Hi,
i have 2 5324 interconnected with 1 trunk port. Now i have 1 linux box on which i created 802.3ad bond and bridge. Each cable of the linux bond is connected to a different switch and nothing special is configured on those ports. With that config i am getting broadcast storms.
My question is, can i configure LACL on only 1 port per each switch and expect that this works or i have to configure 2 ports on each switch with LAC and join LAG so the bond cables from linux machine enter ONLY 1 switch and for 2nd switch i would need 2 additionaly bonded nics?
"With modes balance-rr, balance-xor, broadcast and 802.3ad all physical ports in the link aggregation group must reside on the same logical switch, which in most scenarios will leave a single point of failure when the physical switch to which both links are connected goes offline. Modes active-backup, balance-tlb, and balance-alb can also be set up with two or more switches"
"Bear in mind that with 802.3ad all of the links in your bond need to be connected to the same switch, unless the switch supports sharing the 802.3ad information with other switches through a stack/virtual switch type configuration"
Can LAG span across 2 or more Dell 5324 switches? How does VLAN traverse this bond, do i need to make some additional configuration on the bridge for that?
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