The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) allows the grouping of host physical adapters and physical switch ports to form a bigger communication pipeline, increasing availability and bandwidth. Such a pipeline is referred to as an EtherChannel. The grouping of physical adapters or physical switch ports is called a Link Aggregation Group (LAG).
Configuring LAGs on a vSphere Distributed Switch
Getting ready
Creating LAGs involves physical switch configuration as well. Hence it is important to understand the high-level procedure before learning how to create LAGs on a vSphere Distributed Switch:
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