Port Trunking

Trunk Group Operation Using LACP

The switch will not allow you to configure LACP on a port on which port security is enabled. For example:

ProCurve(config)# int a17 lacp passive

Error configuring port A17: LACP and port security cannot be run together.

ProCurve(config)#

To restore LACP to the port, you must remove port security and re-enable LACP active or passive.

Changing Trunking Methods. To convert a trunk from static to dynamic, you must first eliminate the static trunk.

Static LACP Trunks. Where a port is configured for LACP (Active or Passive), but does not belong to an existing trunk group, you can add that port to a static trunk. Doing so disables dynamic LACP on that port, which means you must manually configure both ends of the trunk.

Dynamic LACP Trunks. You can configure a port for LACP-active or LACP- passive, but on a dynamic LACP trunk you cannot configure the other options that you can on static trunks. If you want to manually configure a trunk, use the trunk command. (Refer to “Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group” on page 12-14.)

VLANs and Dynamic LACP. A dynamic LACP trunk operates only in the default VLAN (unless you have enabled GVRP on the switch and use Forbid to prevent the ports from joining the default VLAN).

■If you want to use LACP for a trunk on a non-default VLAN and GVRP is disabled, configure the trunk as a static trunk.

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