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Is it possible to bind network ports from different nodes to create an ifgroup

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Interface Group (ifgroup)

Answer

  • No, it is not possible to bind physical network ports from different nodes together to create an ifgroup.
  • Ifgroup are designed to aggregate multiple physical ports on the same node to provide redundancy and load balancing.
  • Each ifgroup must be configured on a single node and cannot span across multiple nodes.

Additional Information

Link aggregation groups (LAG) in ONTAP are called ifgroup.

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