Chapter 13 Link Aggregation

The IEEE 802.3ad standard describes the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for dynamically creating and managing trunk groups.

When you enable LACP link aggregation on a port, the port can automatically negotiate with the ports at the remote end of a link to establish trunk groups. LACP also allows port redundancy, that is, if an operational port fails, then one of the “standby” ports become operational without user intervention. Please note that:

You must connect all ports point-to-point to the same Ethernet switch and configure the ports for LACP trunking.

LACP only works on full-duplex links.

All ports in the same trunk group must have the same media type, speed, duplex mode and flow control settings.

Configure trunk groups or LACP before you connect the Ethernet switch to avoid causing network topology loops.

13.4Static Trunk

Use this screen to aggregate groups of physical ports into one higher capacity link. Click Advanced Settings > Link Aggregation > Static Trunk to display the following screen.

Figure 41 Static Trunk

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