topic Re: LACP on Nimble Array ports? in Array Setup and Networking https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/lacp-on-nimble-array-ports/m-p/6984583#M1352 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Prasad!</P><P></P><P>Typically customers use MPIO (multi-path IO) for load balancing, instead of LACP.</P><P></P><P>To put it in short form, the three devices in a storage conversation are the host, switch and array.&nbsp; The two that know the most about the conversation are the host and array.&nbsp; The LACP protocol is not optimized for storage traffic, whereas MPIO is built specifically for storage.</P><P>Using our Nimble Connect Manager makes setting up MPIO a very easy and quick process. Give it a try!</P><P></P><P>Check out this great doc by Wen Yu for more detail!</P><P><A href="https://community.hpe.com/docs/DOC-1242">TO LACP or NOT to LACP for VM and iSCSI traffic</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:33:17 GMT 2014-06-19T18:33:17Z LACP on Nimble Array ports? https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/lacp-on-nimble-array-ports/m-p/6984582#M1351 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does it makes sense to have LACP on storage ports? If not, why? </P><P>I know the advantages of LACP on the host side, but wondering what value it brings if it is enabled/supported on storage ports?</P><P>Not sure if Nimble supports LACP on their ports. Which other storage vendor supports LACP on their ports?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:57:10 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/lacp-on-nimble-array-ports/m-p/6984582#M1351 pshinde96 2014-06-19T17:57:10Z Re: LACP on Nimble Array ports? https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/lacp-on-nimble-array-ports/m-p/6984583#M1352 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Prasad!</P><P></P><P>Typically customers use MPIO (multi-path IO) for load balancing, instead of LACP.</P><P></P><P>To put it in short form, the three devices in a storage conversation are the host, switch and array.&nbsp; The two that know the most about the conversation are the host and array.&nbsp; The LACP protocol is not optimized for storage traffic, whereas MPIO is built specifically for storage.</P><P>Using our Nimble Connect Manager makes setting up MPIO a very easy and quick process. Give it a try!</P><P></P><P>Check out this great doc by Wen Yu for more detail!</P><P><A href="https://community.hpe.com/docs/DOC-1242">TO LACP or NOT to LACP for VM and iSCSI traffic</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:33:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/lacp-on-nimble-array-ports/m-p/6984583#M1352 2014-06-19T18:33:17Z