| Certification Program Name: | Link Aggregation 802.3ad |
| Certification Program ID: | 10602 |
| Certification Program Category: | Switch Interoperability |
| Description: | This verfies a device's ability to trunk ports across multiple vendor combinations using LACP and/or MLT. |
| Interpretation: | Devices earning this certification have demonstrated the ability to trunk ports and appopriately forward traffic across all possible vendor combinations.
2007 Certified Product Set:
3Com Switch 4200G
3Com Switch 4500G
3Com Switch 5500G-EI
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6500-P24X
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 9800
Cisco Catalyst 6509-E
Enterasys SecureStack™ A2
Enterasys SecureStack™ B3
Enterasys SecureStack™ C3
Enterasys Matrix™ N-DFE
Enterasys Matrix™ X
Extreme Summit X450a-24t
Extreme BlackDiamon 8806
Foundry FastIron Edge X424 Premium
Foundry FastIron SX 800
Foundry NetIron MLX-4
Foundry BigIron RX-4
Fujitsu XG700
Fujitsu XG2000
IBM Nortel Layer 2-3 GbE Switch Module
IBM Nortel 10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module
IBM Nortel 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module
HP GbE2c L2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
2004 Product Set:
3Com: SuperStack 3 Switch 3870
Cisco Systems: Catalyst
6509
Dell: PowerConnect 3324
Dell: PowerConnect 5324
Extreme: BlackDiamond 10808
Foundry: FastIron Edge
9604
Foundry: BigIron MG8
HP: ProCurve 2848
2003 Product Set:
3Com: Switch 4060
3Com: SuperStack Switch 4400
Cisco Systems: Catalyst 6500
Dell PowerConnect 3348
Dell PowerConnect 5224
Enterasys Matrix N3
Foundry FastIron Edge 9604
Nortel Passport 1424T
Nortel Passport 8600
The Enterasys tests with Foundry and the Nortel Passport 1424T were inconclusive. |
| Product Applicability: | This certification is applicable to all LAN switches. It is an optional component of the 2003/2004 Switch Interoperability Study. |
| Testing Overview: | The two switches will be configured for link aggregation across two ports, preferably Fast Ethernet, Full Duplex if supported by both switches. The Tolly Group will then generate bi-directional traffic streams consisting of 1,518-byte packets at a load that exceeds the bandwidth of a single port and validate successful receipt of more traffic than a single, Full Duplex link could forward. |