ACI / NX-OS & VMware Interface Bundling Mapping

Reference to the ACI & NX-OS interface redundancy and bundling options mapped to VMware constructs.

VMware Option	ACI Option	NX-OS Option	LACP	Comment
Route based on originating virtual port	MAC Pinning	Switch link configuration without any bundling configuration	No	Standard unbundled links (no lacp, no static, no channel group or other bonding config in Cisco switch config)
Route based on source MAC hash	MAC Pinning	Switch link configuration without any bundling configuration	No	Standard unbundled links (no lacp, no static, no channel group or other bonding config in Cisco switch config)
Use explict failover order	MAC Pinning	Switch link configuration without any bundling configuration	No	Standard unbundled links (no lacp, no static, no channel group or other bonding config in Cisco switch config)
Route based on physical NIC load	MAC Pinning-Physical-NIC-load	Switch link configuration without any bundling configuration	No	Standard unbundled links (no lacp, no static, no channel group or other bonding config in Cisco switch config)
Route based on IP hash (No eLACP)	Static Channel – Mode On	channel-group mode on	No	Static link bundling. Links are grouped into channel groups on the switch ports connected to the pNICs. No LACP LAG’s (Enhanced LAG) configured.
Route based on IP hash (eLACP)	LACP Active’ or ‘LACP Passive	‘mode active’ or ‘mode passive’	Yes	Enhanced LACP – 802.3ad, LAG groups LACP LAG’s (Enhanced LAG) configured.