August 2005 Page 2 Dell Enterprise Product Group
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................................3
Link Aggregation with Gigabit Ethernet Cisco Switches..................................................................5
Configuring the PowerConnect 5316M external ports for Dynamic Link Aggregation...............6
Configuring a Cisco IOS Gigabit Ethernet Switch for Dynamic Link Aggregation.....................6
Configuring a Cisco CATOS Gigabit Ethernet Switch for Dynamic Link Aggregation .............7
Confirming a successful Dynamic Link Aggregation connection with the PowerConnect
5316M...........................................................................................................................................................7
Confirming a successful Dynamic Link Aggregation connection with Cisco IOS.......................7
Confirming a successful Dynamic Link Aggregation connection with CISCO CATOS.............8
Configuring the PowerConnect 5316M external ports for Static Link Aggregation.....................9
Configuring a CISCO IOS Switch for Static Link Aggregation.......................................................9
Configuring a Cisco CATOS Switch for Static Link Aggregation...................................................9
Confirming a successful Static Link Aggregation connection........................................................10
Link aggregation with Cisco Fast Ethernet Switches........................................................................11
Configuration Limitations.....................................................................................................................12
Port configuration differences with Dell and CISCO ......................................................................13
