Bonding links using LACP

The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) project within OpenDaylight implements the LACP.

It will be used to auto-discover and aggregate links between the known OpenDaylight network and external equipment such as LACP capable endpoints or switches. Using LACP will increase the resilience of the link(s) and will aggregate the bandwidth.

LACP protocol was first released as an IEEE Ethernet specification 802.3ad, but later moved to Bridging and Management Group as an 802.1AX specification.

The LACP module will listen for LACP control packets that are generated from legacy switches (non-OpenFlow enabled).