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Cisco vPC with Dell S4810 at ToR

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Humair

Cisco’s vPC technology is similar to Dell’s VLT; it enables an access/leaf switch or server to have single LAG connecting up to two separate switches. This allows for an non-blocking, multipathing scenario. You can read more about Dell’s VLT technology … Continue reading →

Posted in Cisco, Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology | Tagged 5548, Cisco, Cisco 5548UP, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 5548UP, Dell, Dell Force10 S4810, Dell S4810, Force10 S4810, mlag, Nexus, Nexus 5548UP, Nexus switch, port channel, S4810, S4810 switch, switch, Virtual Port Channel, vPC | 3 Comments

Dell Force10 – Layer 2 Multipathing via Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Humair

In this blog I use one Dell Force10 S50N [FTOS 8.4.2.7] and three Dell Force10 S4810 switches [FTOS 8.3.12.1] to demonstrate Dell Force10’s layer 2 mulipathing technology called Virtual Link Trunking (VLT). With VLT, you can create a LAG for … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Technology | Tagged 10 gig, 10GbE, 40 gig, 40GbE, bare metal provisioning, BMP, Brocade, Cisco, Dell, Dell Force10, Dell Force10 S4810, Dell Force10 S50N, Force10 Networks, Force10 S4810, Force10 S50N, FTOS, Juniper, LACP, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, MCT, MEC, mulipathing, Multi-Chassis Trunking, Multichassis EtherChannel, non-blocking, reload-type, S4810, S50N, Shortest Path Bridging, Spanning Tree Protocol, SPB, stack port, stack-group, STP, Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links, TRILL, Virtual Chassis, Virtual Link Trunk, Virtual Link Trunking, Virtual Port Channel, VLT, VLT interconnect, VLTi, vPC | 11 Comments

Tag Archives: Virtual Port Channel

Cisco vPC with Dell S4810 at ToR

Dell Force10 – Layer 2 Multipathing via Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)

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