I want to double my ring bandwidth between one BD8800 and two X460. Which one is the best, using EAPS over load sharing ports (ex. LACP) or use multiple domain rings with different ways (clockwise and conter clockwise)?
Hey Lazuadri Yes a VLAN can only be one one domain if they share the same physical ring. if you are using spatial-reuse on EAPS, where one domain goes one direction and the other domain goes in the other direction you have to divide the VLANs in half where half are on one domain and the other half on the other domain. P
Hello Lazuardi. You can do Another EAPS ring but that won't add bandwidth per SE because you are still using the same ports tx/rx just sending the traffic in a different direction. It is a solution if you want to use all of the links of the ring since you can change the blocked port. Using a LAG actually adds more bandwidth to the existing ring allowing you to keep the VLANs in tact and you can add them with usually no impact to the traffic, however, I do recommend adding them in off hours. If you do two separate rings with two different domains you will have to make sure they are separate and connect them with just one link or route between them on one switch so you don't have a loop. I hope that helps. P
Now i'm trying EAPS over LACP. Any drawbacks I should know of this method? Why this method is better than using multiple domain rings with different ways?
