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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User’s Guide
Creating Port Aggregation Groups
This section explains how to assign ports to a group, thus, creating a
virtual port. If you ha ve installed Duralink64 Port Aggregation
already and wish to add or modify existing group or stand-alone
port configurations, see Modifying Groups on page 8-13.
1In the Group(s) field, click Create New Group , and then type
the new group name.
Note: The group name may be up to 20 characters. If you skip
this step, the system assigns a default group name (GroupX).
Figure 8- 2. Duralink64 Port A ggregation Co nfiguration Tab
2In the Link Aggregation Type field, click the appropriate link
type. For a description of Adaptec’s Port Aggregation, see
Chapter 2, Introduction to Duralink64 Port Aggregation.
Note on Cisco’s Fast EtherChannel. This option allows you
to fully aggregate two or four ports over transmit and
receive under all protocols. The ports that are configured as
the Fast EtherChannel group must be physically connected
to the Fast EtherChannel ports on the Cisco switch. See your