The LACP protocol is fully supported with vDS (note that it's not available for vSS). You can connect the ESXi host to physical switches by using dynamic link aggregation. LACP must be prepared correctly for the physical part of the networking. You create Link Aggregation Groups (LAG), every LAG group is with two or more ports. You can create up to 64 LAGs. Information about the configuration maximum is part of Maximus vSphere 6.5 documents.
For more information on Maximus vSphere 6.5 documents, refer to https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r65/vsphere-65-configuration-maximums.pdf.
The next part is about LACP and the configuration LAG group on vDS:
LACP settings vDS
We can check the configuration through a CLI esxcli; that is, information about config, stats, and so on as follows:
[root@esxi1:~] esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp config get
DVS Name LAG Name LAG ID NICs Enabled Mode Load balance
--------------- -------- --------- ------------- ------- ------ --------------------------
DSwitch-SDN10GB lag10gb 438932027 vmnic4,vmnic5 true Active Src and dst ip, port, vlan
[root@esxi1:~] esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp stats get
DVSwitch LAGID NIC Rx Errors Rx LACPDUs Tx Errors Tx LACPDUs
--------------- --------- ------ --------- ---------- --------- ----------
DSwitch-SDN10GB 438932027 vmnic5 0 101136 0 3030161
DSwitch-SDN10GB 438932027 vmnic4 0 101137 0 3030164
[root@esxi1:~] esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp status get
DSwitch-SDN10GB
DVSwitch: DSwitch-SDN10GB
Flags: S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs, F - Device is sending fast LACPDUs, A - Device is in active mode, P - Device is in passive mode
LAGID: 438932027
Mode: Active
Nic List:
Local Information:
Admin Key: 15
Flags: SA
Oper Key: 15
Port Number: 32773
Port Priority: 255
Port State: ACT,AGG,SYN,COL,DIST,
Nic: vmnic5
Partner Information:
Age: 00:00:00
Device ID: 10:0e:7e:bf:9e:c0
Flags: FA
Oper Key: 2
Port Number: 2
Port Priority: 127
Port State: ACT,FTO,AGG,SYN,COL,DIST,
State: Bundled
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