Function name:
Port Setting/Status
Function description:
Port setting/status is used to configure the trunk property of each and every port in the switch system.
Parameter description:
Method:
This determines the method a port uses to aggregate with other ports.
None:
A port does not want to aggregate with any other port should choose this default setting.
LACP:
A port use LACP as its trunk method to get aggregated with other ports also using LACP.
Static:
A port use Static Trunk as its trunk method to get aggregated with other ports also using Static Trunk.
Group:
Ports choosing the same trunking method other than “None” must be assigned a unique Group number (i.e. Group ID, valid value is from 1 to 8) in order to declare that they wish to aggregate with each other.
Active LACP:
This field is only referenced when a port’s trunking method is LACP.
Active:
An Active LACP port begins to send LACPDU to its link partner right after the LACP protocol entity started to take control of this port.
Passive:
A Passive LACP port will not actively send LACPDU out before it receives an LACPDU from its link partner.
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