Linksys SLM224G4S (G5) manual Port Management LACP, Global Parameter, Port Priority, Chapter

Chapter 5 Configuration Using the Web-based Utility

Port Management > Link Aggregation > Detail

LAG  The LAG number (1-8). To display or edit another LAG, select the number from the drop-down menu.

Description  The user-defined LAG description of up to 64 characters. This field is blank by default.

LACP  Select the checkbox to enable Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).

LAG Type  (Read-only) The LAG type. The values are:

•eth100m  The LAG contains 100 Mbps Ethernet ports.

•eth1000m  The LAG contains 1000 Mbps Ethernet ports.

Administrative Status  The LAG’s administrative status. Select either Up or Down to enable or disable the LAG.

Current Status  (Read-only) The LAG’s status, either Up or Down.

Admin Auto Negotiation  Select Enable (default) or Disable to enable or disable Auto-Negotiation on the LAG. Auto-Negotiation allows a LAG to advertise its transmission rate, duplex mode, and flow control settings to other LAGs.

Current Auto Negotiation  (Read-only) The LAG’s current Auto-Negotiation status.

Admin Speed  Use this to manually set the LAG’s configured transmission rate in Mbps. You can select 10M, 100M, or 1000M (Gigabit ports only). Before you change this setting, make sure that Admin Auto Negotiation is disabled.

Current LAG Speed  (Read-only) The LAG’s current rate in Mbps.

Admin Flow Control  Select Enable or Disable to manually enable or disable flow control, or select Auto- Negotiation for automatic selection of flow control.

Current Flow Control  (Read-only) The current flow control setting.

Select Ports  To add a port to the LAG, select its checkbox in this section. You can select up to 8 ports per LAG.

Click Save to save the settings and leave the screen open. Click Save & Close to save the settings and close the screen. Click Close to close the screen without saving the settings.

Port Management > LACP

In addition to LAGs that you create by manually grouping ports together, you can also use the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) to automatically negotiate a LAG link between the Switch and another network device.

The LACP screen contains fields for configuring LACP LAGs.

Port Management > LACP

Global Parameter

LACP System Priority  The global LACP priority value, from 1 to 65535. The default value is 1.

Port Priority

Unit No  The number of the unit that you are managing.

Port  The port to which the timeout and priority values will be assigned. To configure a different port, select it from the drop-down menu. If the port is not listed, click Next in the LACP Port Table.

LACP Port Priority  Defines the LACP priority value for the port, from 1 to 65535. The default value is 1.

LACP Timeout  The administrative LACP timeout value. Select either Short or Long (default).

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