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LACP on vSphere

LACP Configuration with VMware ESXi – Part 2 (Switch config & Troubleshooting tools)

Koen Leemans–Distributed switch, ESXi, vCenter, VMware–

This is part 2 of “Configuring LACP on VMware ESXi”, If you did not yet read part 1, we highly suggest doing so. In the previous post, we made a step by step approach on how to configure the LAG on VMware vCenter. In this blog, we will be continue our configuration on the physical switch and show validation and […]

LACP on vSphere

LACP configuration with VMware ESXi – Part 1 (vCenter config)

Koen Leemans–Distributed switch, ESXi, vCenter, VMware–

While LACP on VMware ESXi has been around for a while, I noticed that many of our customers do not like to implement this feature in their environment. Reasons vary between, complexity, incorrect understanding on the ‘added value’ and many more. Because of these reasons, I had a discussion on this topic with my colleague and co-blogger Jens. As a […]