port-channel
aka LACP, 802.3ad, 802.1ax, Cisco Etherchannel, NIC teaming
- Prefer: LACP, sending LACPDU frames to ensure correct bonding.
LACP
- Link agregation and controll protocol.
- Combines multiple Ethernet links into single link, and spanningtree port.
- LACP uses the Slow Protocol Multicast address of 01-80-C2-00-00-02 to transmit LACP protocol data units (PDUs).
interface port-channel channel-number channel-group channel-group-number mode {active | passive} - Since the Cisco Nexus 4000 currently does not natively run vPC, the server-facing ports cannot be vPC.
Linux: Lacp / Mode 4 channel http://backdrift.org/lacp-configure-network-bonding-linux
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