Managing Network Datalinks in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: September 2014
 
 

Comparing Trunk and DLMP Aggregation

This section presents a general comparison of the two types of link aggregation.

Table 2-1  Feature Comparison of Trunk and DLMP Aggregation
Feature
Trunk Aggregations
DLMP Aggregations
Link-based failure detection
Supported
Supported
LACP
Supported
Not supported
Use of standby interfaces
Not supported
Not supported1
Span multiple switches
Not supported unless using vendor proprietary solution
Supported
Switch configuration
Required
Not required
Policies for load balancing
Supported
Not applicable
Load spreading across all of the aggregation's ports
Supported
Limited2
User-defined flows for resource management
Supported
Supported
Link protection
Supported
Supported
Back-to-back configuration
Supported
Not supported3

1 Each DLMP client is associated with exactly one DLMP port. The remaining ports act as available ports for the DLMP clients, but you cannot configure these available ports.

2 The aggregation spreads its VNICs across all ports. However, individual VNICs cannot spread the load on multiple ports.

3 DLMP aggregations must always use an intermediary switch to send packets to other destination systems. However, no switch configuration is required for DLMP.