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Design feedback please

tuppertrut — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:06:21 GMT

we have a single fas2020 and two hp procurve 2510 switches. The following design is suggested:

fas2020

multi vif01 (lacp)

| |

e0a e0b

/ \

switch1 ---- switch2

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Trk1

LACP

spanning-tree

a multi vif is created with lacp, load balancing ip, e0a and e0b. e0a goes to switch1, e0b goes to switch2, vlans are necessary on the vif.

both procurve switches are connected with 2 wires toeachother. These ports are trunked and on switch1 lacp is active, spanning-tree is configured on both switches.

Will this work?

Thanks

John

Re: Design feedback please

rkaramchedu1 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:27:08 GMT

I believe the ProCurve 2510s are stackable, so in theory, one can create a LACP VIF with members across the two switches. Having said that, the specifics in the diagram you laid out begs a few questions/clarifications

a) On the FAS2020, multi vif01 (lacp) is indicated. In NetApp world, a vif type is either multi or lacp - not both. Type "multi" is a static EtherChannel (active/passive connection and no switch configuration is necessary) and type "lacp" is a LACP VIF (where it creates active/active connections and switch configuration IS necessary). You'll need to pick one

b) I can't speak for the switch side settings but I did dig up this doc that might be of use: http://www.hp.com/rnd/support/config_examples/2524_lacp.pdf

HTH

Re: Design feedback please

tuppertrut — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:08:31 GMT

My mistake, they will use lacp not multi.

Re: Design feedback please

daniel_kaiser — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:40:46 GMT

Hi,

How's the Procurve 2510's working out for NFS access to the storage. I'm planning to purchase 2 of these on ebay for a home test network and just wanted to know if you ran into any issues with them. Thanks.

Re: Design feedback please

tuppertrut — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:27:34 GMT

The 2510 works fine