Dell 6024, 6024 F Link Aggregation, Routing Features

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Link Aggregation

Up to seven ports can combine to form a single Link Aggregated Group (LAG). This enables fault

tolerance protection from physical link disruption, higher bandwidth connections and improved

bandwidth granularity.

A LAG is composed of ports of the same speed, set to full-duplex operation.

For information about configuring LAGs, see "Defining LAG Configuration."

Link Aggregation and LACP

LACP uses peer exchanges across links to determine, on an ongoing basis, the aggregation

capability of various links, and continuously provides the maximum level of aggregation capability

achievable between a given pair of systems. LACP automatically determines, configures, binds, and

monitors the binding of ports to aggregators within the system.

For information about LACP, see "Defining LACP Parameters."

IP Routing

IP routing forwards to a next-hop device any packets that are addressed to the system MAC

addresses but not to a system IP address.

For information about configuring IP routing, see "Configuring Global IP Routing."

RIP Versions 1 and 2

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol. RIP selects routes based

on the hop count to the destination. RIP 2 enhances the efficiency, usability, and authentication

methods of the RIP protocol.

For information about configuring RIP, see "Configuring RIP."

OSPF Version 2

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is an internal gateway routing protocol. In networks with a large

number of inter-connected routers, OSPF is more efficient than RIP because OSPF uses less link

bandwidth and converges more quickly.

For information about configuring OSPF, see "Configuring OSPF Parameters and Filters."