Supported Bandwidths for Link Aggregation Group in AWS Direct Connect

Link Aggregation Group Bandwidths

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Which of the following are supported bandwidths for the Link Aggregation Group when it comes to Direct Connect.

Choose 2 answers from the options given below.

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A. B. C. D.

Answer - B and C.

The AWS documentation mentions the following on link aggregation group

· All connections in the LAG must use the same bandwidth.

The following bandwidths are supported: 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps.

· You can have a maximum of 4 connections in a LAG.

Each connection in the LAG counts towards your overall connection limit for the region.

· All connections in the LAG must terminate at the same AWS Direct Connect endpoint.

For more information on link aggregation group , please refer to the below link.

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/lags.html

Link Aggregation Group (LAG) allows you to aggregate multiple network connections to provide redundancy and increased bandwidth between the customer data center and AWS Direct Connect. This increases the network availability and provides an alternate path to the customer's resources in the AWS cloud.

AWS Direct Connect supports the following LAG bandwidths:

  1. 1 Gbps
  2. 10 Gbps

Therefore, the correct answers to the given question are B. 1 Gbps and C. 10 Gbps.

AWS Direct Connect provides higher bandwidth options for dedicated connections that include 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, 5 Gbps, and 10 Gbps. The link aggregation group also supports the same bandwidth options that are available with the dedicated connections.

It is important to note that before configuring a LAG, the customer must already have an existing Direct Connect connection, and they must ensure that their network devices and providers support Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) to ensure that the LAG works as expected.

In summary, AWS Direct Connect supports 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps as the bandwidth options for Link Aggregation Groups.