Dell PowerConnect J-EX4200-24T Software Manual page 954

Dell PowerConnect J-Series Ethernet Switch Complete Software Guide for Junos OS
Overview and Topology
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Before you configure the LAGs, be sure you have:
Configured the Virtual Chassis switches. See "Example: Configuring a Virtual Chassis
with a Master and Backup in a Single Wiring Closet" on page 717.
Configured the uplink ports on the switches as trunk ports. See "Configuring Gigabit
Ethernet Interfaces (CLI Procedure)" on page 919.
For maximum speed and resiliency, you can combine uplinks between an access switch
and a distribution switch into LAGs. Using LAGs can be particularly effective when
connecting a multimember Virtual Chassis access switch to a multimember Virtual
Chassis distribution switch.
The Virtual Chassis access switch in this example is composed of two member switches.
Each member switch has an uplink module with two 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. These
ports are configured as trunk ports, connecting the access switch with the distribution
switch.
Configuring the uplinks as LAGs has the following advantages:
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) can optionally be configured for link
negotiation.
It doubles the speed of each uplink from 10 Gbps to 20 Gbps.
If one physical port is lost for any reason (a cable is unplugged or a switch port fails,
or one member switch is unavailable), the logical port transparently continues to
function over the remaining physical port.
The topology used in this example consists of one Virtual Chassis access switch and one
Virtual Chassis distribution switch. The access switch is composed of two J-EX4200-48T
switches (SWA-0 and SWA-1), interconnected to each other with their Virtual Chassis
ports (VCPs) as member switches of Host-A. The distribution switch is composed of two
J-EX4200-24F switches (SWD-0 and SWD-1), interconnected with their VCPs as member
switches of Host-D.
Each member of the access switch has an uplink module installed. Each uplink module
has two ports. The uplinks are configured to act as trunk ports, connecting the access
switch with the distribution switch. One uplink port from SWA-0 and one uplink port from
SWA-1 are combined as LAG
uplink ports from SWA-0 and from SWA-1 are combined as a second LAG connection
( ) to SWD-1. LAG is used for another VLAN.
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NOTE: If the remote end of the LAG link is a security device, LACP might not
be supported because security devices require a deterministic configuration.
In this case, do not configure LACP. All links in the LAG are permanently
operational unless the switch detects a link failure within the Ethernet physical
layer or data link layers.
ae0 to SWD-0. This link is used for one VLAN. The remaining