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etherchannel

i have 2 cisco swicth and 5 esxi hosts. There are cross connection between esxi to 2 cisco swicths. 2 cisco switchs   etherchannel and esxi ip hash policy  . is there any problem on desing. or loop ?

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MKguy
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ESX(i) vSwitches can't form loops.*

Running etherchannel with IP-hash load balancing is nothing special and shouldn't cause any problems if properly configured, just make sure you adhere to the supported configurations:

Host requirements for link aggregation for ESXi and ESX (1001938) | VMware KB

Sample configuration of EtherChannel / Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) with ESXi/ESX and Ci...

*Unless you deliberately configure a VM with multiple vNICs in a very strange way to bridge between adapters and act as the loop-link.

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