4.12.1 P
ORT
S
ETTING
/ S
TATUS
Port setting/status is used to configure the trunk property of each and every port in the switch system.
Table 4-35. Port Setting/ Status screen options.
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.
Aggtr
Aggtr is an abbreviation of aggregator. Every port is also an
aggregator, and its own aggregator ID is the same as its own Port
No. We can regard an aggregator as a representative of a trunking
group. Ports with same Group ID and using same trunking method
will have the opportunity to aggregate to a particular aggregator port.
This aggregator port is usually the port with the smallest Port No.
within the trunking group.
Status
This field represents the trunking status of a port which uses a
trunking method other than
None
. It also represents the
management link status of a port which uses the “None” trunking
method. --- means not ready.
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