Chapter 5

Advanced Configuration

PVE  When a port is a Private VLAN Edge (PVE) port, it bypasses the Forwarding Database and forwards all unicast, multicast, and broadcast traffic to an uplink.

NOTE: All ports in the same PVE group should join the same VLAN group.

LAG  (Read-only) The LAG to which this port belongs, if the port is a LAG member.

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 > Link Aggregation

Port Management > Link Aggregation

LAG  The LAG number (1-8).

Description  The user-defined description for the LAG.

Admin Status  The administrative status of the LAG. Up indicates that the LAG is available. Down indicates that administrator has taken the port offline. When modifying the option, click Save Settings.

Type  Indicates if a LAG has been manually configured (static) or dynamically set through LACP.

Link Status  Displays the status of the link. Speed  Displays the port speed.

Duplex  Displays the duplex mode.

Flow Control  Displays the flow control status of the LAG. It is active when the port uses Full Duplex Mode.

LAG Mode  Displays the LAG status: On, Off, or Not Present.

Detail  To create a new LAG, click Detail in the Detail column to display the Link Aggregation detail screen.

Link Aggregation > Detail

Link Aggregation > Detail

LAG Configuration

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.

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.

Reactivate Suspended LAG  If the LAG has been suspended, select this checkbox to reactivate the LAG.

Operational Status  (Read-only) Displays whether the LAG is operational or non-operational.

Admin Auto Negotiation  Enables or disables Auto Negotiation on the LAG. Auto-negotiation is a protocol between two link partners that enables a LAG to advertise its transmission rate, duplex mode and flow control (the flow control default is disabled) abilities to its partner.

Current Auto Negotiation  The current Auto Negotiation setting.

Admin Speed  The configured speed at which the LAG is operating.

Current LAG Speed  (Read-only) The current speed at which the LAG is operating.

Admin Flow Control  Enables or disables flow control or enables the auto negotiation of flow control on the LAG.

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

PVE  Displays the PVE group to which the LAG is configured.

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Linksys SRW2024, SRW248G4, SRW2048, SRW224G4, SRW2016 manual Port Management Link Aggregation, Link Aggregation Detail

SRW2016, SRW224G4, SRW2024, SRW2048, SRW248G4 specifications

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