Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation on Network Devices

摘要

A data communication network includes a client device and multiple aggregation devices coupled to each other and the client via links within a link aggregation group (LAG) across the aggregation devices. The aggregation devices appear to the client as a single device coupled thereto, and operate in conjunction with each other by assigning at least one different identifier to each of the plurality of separate aggregation devices and storing information including the identifiers to association tables located on each of the aggregation devices. The multiple aggregation devices can be separate switches, and the LAG can include multiple ports across the switches, with a different identifier being assigned to each of the ports in the LAG. A virtual link trunk interface can couple aggregation devices, which can reconfigure communication paths thereacross with respect to the client device using the identifiers in the stored association tables when a LAG link fails.