
For more information, see Enabling or disabling LACP on an Uplink Port Group using the vSphere Web Client (2034277). ĞSXi 5.1, 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5 support LACP on vDS only.

Prior to vSphere 5.5, when using Virtual Distributed Switches (vDS), each ESXi/ESX host can only have one etherchannel bond configured per vDS. VMware supports only one Etherchannel bond per Virtual Standard Switch (vSS).ĝo not configure standby or unused uplinks with IP HASH load balancing.ĝo not use beacon probing with IP HASH load balancing.For more information, see LACP Support on a vSphere Distributed Switch. In vSphere Distributed Switch 5.5, all load balancing algorithms of LACP are supported. The LACP support in vSphere Distributed Switch 5.1 supports only IP hash load balancing.That way, the service console is not available, but the physical switch management interface is, so you can enable aggregation on the ports involved to restore networking. Ğnabling either Route based on IP hash without 802.3ad aggregation or vice-versa disrupts networking, so you must make the changes to the virtual switch first.Ensure that the participating NICs are connected to the ports configured on the same physical switch.

