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I am trying to configure Link Aggregation on 3 DELL switches, 1 - 5448 and 2 - 3348, please see my snapshot if my configuration correct?
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What is your goal?

3348(B) is showing a LAG #1...which already exists for 3348(A).  Should it be #2?

If you are using the 5448 as the core switch, your layout appears to have the goal of increased bandwidth to each 3348 switch.  No extra redundancy.

The layout below will give you redundancy if the 5448 goes out.  LAG #3 will keep the 3348 switches connected.

5448:  11 22
3348(A): 11 33
3348(B): 22 33

You'll need to have STP enabled so that LAG#3 is ignored when the 5448 is functioning correctly.  STP will chose only one path, and ignore multiple alternate paths.

LAG has to use the same speed ports.  If your 3348 switches are mostly 10/100, you may have to use the slower ports (2x100Mb) for the redundant connection.
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Hi;

My goal is to increase the bandwidth from the 3348 to the root switch 5448, because I am planning to place the VMware ESX host in 5448 switch.

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Switches / Hubs
Switches / Hubs

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.

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