IBM PowerVM VIOS Load Balance, VLAN, Ethernet Link Aggregation, FAILOVER, Netgear M4300 12X12F

Hello Micael,

Welcome to the Netgear Community!

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micael69 wrote:

• In Switch: 
• Src/Dest IP and TCP/UDP Port fields
• Static mode = Disable (should then end up in Dynamic which is Netgear's designation of 802.3AD.

I now that LACP works fine with Cisco without any special VIOS settings, like VIOS settings above, that we now have tried.

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Should be very similar with any other industry standard switch.

When you look into the CLI of these switches, you find a very similar syntax as Cisco is using - where both Cisco and Netgear default to LACP for port-channels. What does "show port-channel all" show on the Netgear to start with?

(M4300-12X12F) #show port-channel all

Log. Channel Admin Mbr Device/ Port Port
Intf Name Min Link Mode Type Ports Timeout Speed Active
------- --------------- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------- ------------- --------- -------
lag 1 WhateverLAG 1 Down En. Dyn. 1/0/1 actor/long 10G Full False

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In case it's on static...

(M4300-12X12F) (Config)#port-channel load-balance 6 0/13/1

(M4300-12X12F) (Config)#interface 1/0/1-1/0/4

(M4300-12X12F) (Interface 1/0/1-1/0/4)#addport lag 1

1/0/1 interface is part of a port-channel.
1/0/2 interface is part of a port-channel.

1/0/3 interface is part of a port-channel.
1/0/4 interface is part of a port-channel.

(M4300-12X12F) (Interface 1/0/1-1/0/4)# port lacpmode

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One point hitting my eyes (not relevant for now - more a performance thing) are the very different hash algorithms on the switch vs. the IBM VIOS side.

LaurentMa you might want to join in here, please, too.

Regards,

-Kurt