HPE Community
HPE Aruba Networking & ProVision-based
1829756 Members
1554 Online
109992 Solutions
New Discussion

802.1ad on mixed switch infrastructure

 
JoergMichels
Occasional Visitor

‎01-19-2012 01:41 AM

‎01-19-2012 01:41 AM

802.1ad on mixed switch infrastructure

Hello,

 

following scenario: we have an infrastructure of about 20 switches (E-Series), all vlan capable 802.1q.

 

Now I want to use 802.1ad on a some switches, but not all.

 

Am I forced to replace all switches, to use 802.1ad? Or is it sufficient to replace the 'border' switches, where the vlan stacking is done (and allow jumbo packets on all switches)?

 

 

kind regards,

 

Joerg

0 Kudos
1 REPLY 1
LukeCameron
Occasional Advisor

‎01-28-2012 04:31 AM

‎01-28-2012 04:31 AM

Re: 802.1ad on mixed switch infrastructure

Hi Mate,
I use 802.1ad only at my border switches without Jumbo packets and have no issues. I guess it depends what your chucking down the lines.
HP AIS Infrastructure 2011
0 Kudos
The opinions expressed above are the personal opinions of the authors, not of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. By using this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Rules of Participation.