Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:29:23 -0400 From: Brad <brad@comstyle.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LACP 802.3ad and ng_fec ? Message-ID: <20060923022923.GA20553@blar.home.comstyle.com> In-Reply-To: <45146FA2.8070208@mawer.org> References: <4513A5D1.4000604@mersin.edu.tr> <4513AC94.8040609@mawer.org> <45142ED1.1000204@mersin.edu.tr> <00ed01c6de77$8968f770$020b000a@bartwrkstxp> <45146FA2.8070208@mawer.org>
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On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 09:20:02AM +1000, Antony Mawer wrote: > On 23/09/2006 4:47 AM, Bart Van Kerckhove wrote: > >?zkan KIRIK <ozkan@mersin.edu.tr> wrote: > >>Thanks for your reply, > >> > >>It seems that HP ProCurve 5400 series doesn't support fec trunking : > >> > >>hp(config)# trunk A3-a5 trk1 fec > >>Invalid input: fec > >> > >>hp(config)# trunk A3-a5 trk1 ? > >> trunk Do not use any protocol to create or maintain > >>the trunk. > >> lacp Use IEEE 802.1ad Link Aggregation protocol. > >> <cr> > >>hp(config)# > >> > >>Can ng_fec handshake with switch via "trunk" option instead of "fec" ? > >According to HP docs, FEC should "work" with the 'trunk' setting. > >It will loose all features tough, and just become a 'dumb' bonding-style > >thing, with no redundancy and other features. > > Yes, I was reading some HP docs yesterday and they implied that they > were removing FEC on newer switches in favour of using the IEEE > standards-based methods of trunking. even Cisco doesn't support FEC on their own switches with some of the newer gear.
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