Dell 5316M manual

August 2005

Link Aggregation Interoperability

of the Dell™ PowerConnect™

5316M with Cisco IOS or Cisco

CatOS based Switches

By Bruce Holmes

Contents

Main Contents Introduction Page Link Aggregation with Gigabit Ethernet Cisco Switches Configuring the PowerConnect 5316M external ports for Dynamic Link Aggregation Configuring a Cisco IOS Gigabit Ethernet Switch for Dynamic Link Aggregation Configuring a Cisco CatOS Gigabit Ethernet Switch for Dynamic Link Aggregation Confirming a successful Dynamic Link Aggregation connection with the PowerConnect 5316M Confirming a successful Dynamic Link Aggregation connection with Cisco IOS Confirming a successful Dynamic Link Aggregation connection with CISCO CatOS Configuring the PowerConnect 5316M external ports for Static Link Aggregation Configuring a CISCO IOS Switch for Static Link Aggregation Configuring a Cisco CatOS Switch for Static Link Aggregation Confirming a successful Static Link Aggregation connection Link aggregation with Cisco Fast Ethernet Switches Configuration Limitations Port configuration differences with Dell and CISCO Page August 2005 Page 15 Dell Enterprise Product Group