topic Link Aggregation to Cisco Switch in General Topics https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/link-aggregation-to-cisco-switch/m-p/34844#M25565 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">How would I go about creating a link aggregation from a Cisco Cat4500-series switch to a PA-5020?&nbsp; I'm shooting for having multiple links between the two devices for redundancy (and load-balancing too, if possible).</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">What would I have to do on the Cisco side of the aggregated link?&nbsp; What about the PA-5020 side of the link?</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:01:45 GMT PSC_IT 2012-08-02T19:01:45Z Link Aggregation to Cisco Switch https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/link-aggregation-to-cisco-switch/m-p/34844#M25565 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">How would I go about creating a link aggregation from a Cisco Cat4500-series switch to a PA-5020?&nbsp; I'm shooting for having multiple links between the two devices for redundancy (and load-balancing too, if possible).</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">What would I have to do on the Cisco side of the aggregated link?&nbsp; What about the PA-5020 side of the link?</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:01:45 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/link-aggregation-to-cisco-switch/m-p/34844#M25565 PSC_IT 2012-08-02T19:01:45Z Re: Link Aggregation to Cisco Switch https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/link-aggregation-to-cisco-switch/m-p/34845#M25566 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You would configure the interfaces on the Cisco in an Cisco EtherChannel group.</P><P>Here is a great article on that:</P><P><A class="active_link" href="http://www.ciscozine.com/2008/11/04/configuring-link-aggregation-with-etherchannel/">http://www.ciscozine.com/2008/11/04/configuring-link-aggregation-with-etherchannel/</A></P><P></P><P>Next you would set up the corresponding interfaces on the Palo as a Aggregate Interface Group.</P><P>The details on how to do that can be found on page 98 &amp; 99 of the <STRONG>PA-4.1_Administrators_Guide.pdf</STRONG></P><P></P><P>Cisco best practice is to use an even number of interfaces... ei: 2 or 4 or 6 or 8 1000Mbps ports.</P><P>If you have SmartNet support on the Cat4500, Cisco TAC should be able to help you set it up no problem.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:41:19 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/link-aggregation-to-cisco-switch/m-p/34845#M25566 panman 2012-08-03T18:41:19Z