Users Guide

1030 Link Aggregation

Definitions

Refer to Figure 26-10 for the definitions that follow.

Figure 26-10. MLAG Components

MLAG switches: MLAG aware switches running Dell EMC Networking

Series switch firmware. No more than two MLAG aware switches can pair to

form one end of the LAG. Stacked switches do not support MLAGs. In the

above figure, SW1 and SW2 are MLAG peer switches. These two switches

form a single logical end point for the MLAG from the perspective of switch

MLAG interfaces: MLAG functionality is a property of port-channels. Port-

channels configured as MLAGs are called MLAG interfaces. Administrators

can configure multiple instances of MLAG interfaces on the peer MLAG