Cisco 6500 Sort Of Gets Multichassis LACP Without VSS in 12.2SXJ Train

Markku Leiniö linked in one of his articles to a new mLACP feature for the Cisco Catalyst 6500, which naturally caught my eye. To create an etherchannel spanning multiple physical 6500’s (desirable to maximize link utilization and for redundancy), you previously needed to use the Virtual Switching System supervisor engine to create a VSS super-chassis. […]

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