These concepts are used in an ESXi network environment.
Network redundancy, load balancing, and fail-over can be accomplished a number of different ways in ESXi.
Link aggregation (etherchannel, port channel, or LACP) is NOT the default configuration for ESXi when it is freshly installed.
If you wish to use Link aggregation (etherchannel, port channel, or LACP) , then there are two aspects to be addressed.
1) Scenario 1: Etherchannel (also called portchannel)
2) Scenario 2: LACP with Link Aggregation
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VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x
LACP Compatibility with vDS
vCenter Server version |
vDS version |
Host version |
Compatibility |
vCenter Server 8.0 |
vDS 8.0/7.0/6.6 |
ESXi 8.0 |
Only supports LACP v2 |
vCenter Server 7.0 |
vDS 7.0/6.6/6.5 |
ESXi 7.0 |
Only supports LACP v2 |
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