Eth-trunk design consideration

Hi,

I don't think your design will work as standard LACP will not work when the endpoints are connected to different devices. There is an enhanced version for exactly this type of scenraio using "e-trunks" however as far as I can see it is not supported on the router OS. This could be configured using a L3 switch instead of a router if that is a possible solution.

L2 redundancy features are not generally implemented on routers, so the questions that arise are, does it have to be a router and why exactly does it need to be L2 redundancy?

Regards Nigel

Thanks for the answer Nigel.

We are talking about NE series router.

You probably didn't see my attachment with actual configuration snippet: (https://www.dropbox.com/s/fz05npr2dnae82w/Huawei-Failover-EthTrunk.pdf?dl=0). I am using Huawei Eth-trunk implementation, not LACP (http://enterprise.huawei.com/ilink/enenterprise/download/HW_U_150282 - please see section 2.3 of Huawei Ethernet Configuration guide)

Here is the router configuration:
interface Vlanif10
ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
#
interface Vlanif20
ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0
#
interface Eth-Trunk0
port link-type trunk
port trunk allow-pass vlan 2 to 4094
stp disable
#
interface GigabitEthernet5/0/0
eth-trunk 0
#
interface GigabitEthernet5/0/1
eth-trunk 0
#


I have done some tests with eNSP and it seem to work. I just don’t feel confident with it and I’m asking for the second opinion. And again, there is an issue with MAC flapping. Any suggestions?

I would really like to avoid using STP on the router.

Hi,

eNSP only supports AR routers and although the NE routers still have VRP they generally have better features, certainly for what you are trying to do. I was assuming you were talking about AR routers.

The Eth-trunk feature, even in manual mode is only designed to operate between between 2 directly connected devices, even though it may look like it is working, it is not how it was designed to work and is likely to give you errors and problems.

I have just had a look in the documentation for NE40 and it does support the "e-trunk" feature is supported, however I imgaine it will depend on exactly what NE router you are using and what OS version you have.

I suggest you check the documentation for the product and OS version you are using and look at the "e-trunk" option within eth-trunk configuration, as beleive this will give you the functionality you require.

If that is not supported then it may be worth looking at something like RRPP between the router and the switches.

Regards Nigel

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