Hi all,
We recently migrate our core network from plain old Catalyst and Nexus switches to ACI, and stumbled upon one case.
An IBM integrated system (PureApp) was connected to the network via 2 port-channel (non-vPC) stemming from its ToR switches. As we migrated, unbeknownst to us there's also a feature which is somewhat identical to vPC on the IBM ToR switches (called vLAG), hence we configured the ACI downlink towards the PureApp system as two separate vPCs (left of the diagram).
Apparently, on the IBM's side, they suggest moving towards the recommended dual-sided MCLAG design (on the right). However, having looked up on the Internet, we haven't found out the real benefits of such design over the existing, separate vPCs.
Can someone point out to me on whichever benefits should I consider for the dual-sided MCLAG design?
Diagram: https://imgur.com/dqyihLR
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