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I'm a bit rusty on the Dell switch CLI, but...<br />
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<b>conf t<br />
interface range ethernet g1,g2,g3,g4<br />
&nbsp;channel-group 1 mode auto<br />
end<br />
</b><br />
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You should do this on the ports you want to add to the LACP bundle, on both switches.<br />
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You can check it with...<br />
<br />
<b>show interface port-channel 1</b>
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I'm a bit rusty on the Dell switch CLI, but...

conf t
interface range ethernet g1,g2,g3,g4
 channel-group 1 mode auto
end


You should do this on the ports you want to add to the LACP bundle, on both switches.

You can check it with...

show interface port-channel 1

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why using g1,g2,g3,g4? &nbsp;Isn't it 4 ports required?
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why using g1,g2,g3,g4?  Isn't it 4 ports required?

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No 4 ports aren't required. You can need at least two ports.
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No 4 ports aren't required. You can need at least two ports.

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Craig's post was just an example. 
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Hi;<br />
<br />
I have three DELL Powerconnect switch - 2 x Powerconnect 3448 and 1 x Powerconnect 5448. &nbsp;I would like to build up a Link Aggregation Group among them and build up a trunk to improve the bandwidth. &nbsp;I want to improve the current network bandwidth for the new iSCSI SAN and VMware server virtualization in next three months.<br />
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what is the best practice to do it?<br />
<br />
thanks!
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Hi;

I have three DELL Powerconnect switch - 2 x Powerconnect 3448 and 1 x Powerconnect 5448.  I would like to build up a Link Aggregation Group among them and build up a trunk to improve the bandwidth.  I want to improve the current network bandwidth for the new iSCSI SAN and VMware server virtualization in next three months.

what is the best practice to do it?

thanks!

Link Aggregation Group on DELL PowerConnect switch

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.