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ONFIGURATION
Overview
Introduction to Link
Aggregation
Link aggregation aggregates multiple physical Ethernet ports into one logical link,
also called an aggregation group. It allows you to increase bandwidth by
distributing incoming/outgoing traffic on the member ports in the aggregation
group. In addition, it provides reliable connectivity because these member ports
can dynamically back up each other.
Depending on different aggregation modes, aggregation groups fall into three
types: manual, static LACP, and dynamic LACP. Depending on whether or not load
sharing is implemented, aggregation groups can be load-sharing or
non-load-sharing aggregation groups.
For the member ports in an aggregation group, their basic configuration must be
the same. The basic configuration includes STP, QoS, VLAN, port attributes and
other associated settings.
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STP configuration, including STP status (enabled or disabled), link attribute
(point-to-point or not), STP priority, maximum transmission speed, loop
prevention status, root protection status, edge port or not.
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QoS configuration, including traffic limiting, priority marking, default 802.1p
priority, bandwidth assurance, congestion avoidance, traffic redirection, traffic
statistics, and so on.
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VLAN configuration, including permitted VLANs, and default VLAN ID.
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Port attribute configuration, including port rate, duplex mode, and link type
(Trunk, Hybrid or Access). The ports for a manual or static aggregation group
must have the same link type, and the ports for a dynamic aggregation group
must have the same rate, duplex mode and link type.
Introduction to LACP
The purpose of the link aggregation control protocol (LACP) is to implement
dynamic link aggregation and deaggregation. This protocol is defined in
IEEE802.3ad. It uses link aggregation control protocol data units (LACPDUs) for
information exchange between LACP-enabled devices.
After LACP is enabled on a port, the port sends LACPDUs to notify the remote
system of its system LACP priority, system MAC address, port LACP priority, port
number, and operational key. Upon receipt of an LACPDU, the remote system
compares the received information with the information received on other ports to
determine the ports that can operate as selected ports. This allows the two
systems to reach an agreement on the states of the related ports.
Summary of Contents for Switch 7754
Page 32: ...32 CHAPTER 1 CLI OVERVIEW ...
Page 70: ...70 CHAPTER 5 LOGGING IN USING MODEM ...
Page 76: ...76 CHAPTER 7 LOGGING IN THROUGH NMS ...
Page 86: ...86 CHAPTER 9 CONFIGURATION FILE MANAGEMENT ...
Page 120: ...120 CHAPTER 13 ISOLATE USER VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 126: ...126 CHAPTER 14 SUPER VLAN ...
Page 136: ...136 CHAPTER 16 IP PERFORMANCE CONFIGURATION ...
Page 152: ...152 CHAPTER 17 IPX CONFIGURATION ...
Page 164: ...164 CHAPTER 19 QINQ CONFIGURATION ...
Page 172: ...172 CHAPTER 21 SHARED VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 182: ...182 CHAPTER 22 PORT BASIC CONFIGURATION ...
Page 198: ...198 CHAPTER 24 PORT ISOLATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 208: ...208 CHAPTER 25 PORT SECURITY CONFIGURATION ...
Page 224: ...224 CHAPTER 27 DLDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 232: ...232 CHAPTER 28 MAC ADDRESS TABLE MANAGEMENT ...
Page 240: ...240 CHAPTER 29 CENTRALIZED MAC ADDRESS AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 280: ...280 CHAPTER 30 MSTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 348: ...348 CHAPTER 35 IS IS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 408: ...408 CHAPTER 39 802 1X CONFIGURATION ...
Page 412: ...412 CHAPTER 40 HABP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 422: ...422 CHAPTER 41 MULTICAST OVERVIEW ...
Page 426: ...426 CHAPTER 42 GMRP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 480: ...480 CHAPTER 47 PIM CONFIGURATION ...
Page 506: ...506 CHAPTER 48 MSDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 552: ...552 CHAPTER 51 TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING CONFIGURATION ...
Page 570: ...570 CHAPTER 53 HA CONFIGURATION ...
Page 582: ...582 CHAPTER 54 ARP CONFIGURATION SwitchA arp protective down recover interval 200 ...
Page 622: ...622 CHAPTER 58 DHCP RELAY AGENT CONFIGURATION ...
Page 684: ...684 CHAPTER 61 QOS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 718: ...718 CHAPTER 63 CLUSTER ...
Page 738: ...738 CHAPTER 67 UDP HELPER CONFIGURATION ...
Page 752: ...752 CHAPTER 69 RMON CONFIGURATION ...
Page 772: ...772 CHAPTER 70 NTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 796: ...796 CHAPTER 72 FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ...
Page 802: ...802 CHAPTER 73 BIMS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 814: ...814 CHAPTER 74 FTP AND TFTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 830: ...830 CHAPTER 75 INFORMATION CENTER ...
Page 836: ...836 CHAPTER 76 DNS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 852: ...852 CHAPTER 77 BOOTROM AND HOST SOFTWARE LOADING ...
Page 858: ...858 CHAPTER 78 BASIC SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DEBUGGING ...