VMware Cloud Foundation - Design Decision - Do not use EtherChannel (LAG, LACP, or vPC) configuration for ESXi host uplinks

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

Design Decision: Do not use EtherChannel (LAG, LACP, or vPC) configuration for ESXi host uplinks

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation

Resolution

Design Justification: 
- Simplifies configuration of top of rack switches.
- Teaming options available with vSphere Distributed Switch and N-VDS provide load balancing and failover.
- EtherChannel implementations might have vendor-specific limitations.

Design Implication: None

This design decision is supported in the following Domains. 
•    Management Domain
•    VI Workload Domain

This design decision is supported on VCF version 4.1 and higher. 

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Additional Information

Please reference the VMware Cloud Foundation version you are running and if this design decision is applicable to you. 

VMware Validated Design (VVD) Bill of Materials