Using the Telnet Console
Link Aggregation
Link aggregation allows several ports to be grouped together so that they can act as a single port. This is done to either increase the bandwidth of a network connection or to increase fault tolerance.
Link Aggregation is most commonly used to link a
You can configure up to six aggregation groups, each using from two to eight ports between any two ZT8101 switches or other switches that support Etherchannel. Etherchannel is only required for this first release. In the second release, the ports can be from any switch that is compliant with 802.1ad.
To configure a link aggregation group
1.From the Main Menu, select Link Aggregation and press Enter.
2.Configure these fields.
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Group ID | Specifies one of the six possible link aggregation groups configurable on the | |
switch. | ||
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Starting Port | Specifies the first port in the group. This port is called the master port. | |
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Group Width | Specifies the number of ports, in sequential order from the master port, that | |
will be included in the link aggregation group. | ||
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Status | Enables or disables the link aggregation group. | |
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3.Highlight APPLY and press Enter.
The table displays the following additional information.
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| Specifies which member port is the master port. The master port is always |
Master | the lowest numbered port. All member ports are configured to use its |
| settings and become members of its VLAN. |
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| Specifies which member port is the anchor port. The anchor port is |
Anchor | responsible for the flooding of multicast frames and for sending control |
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Layer 3 IP Networking
This section describes how to configure:
•IP Interfaces
•RIP
•Multicast routing protocols
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