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Chapter 5: Configuration
Parameter description:
• Port: The switch port number.
• LACP Enabled: Controls whether LACP is enabled on this switch port. LACP will form an aggregation when 2 or more ports are
connected to the same partner. LACP can form max 12 LLAGs per switch and 2 GLAGs.
• Key: The Key value incurred by the port, range 1–65535. The Auto setting will set the key as appropriate by the physical link
speed, 10 Mb = 1, 100 Mb = 2, 1 Gb = 3. Using the Specific setting, a user-defined value can be entered. Ports with the same
Key value can participate in the same aggregation group, while ports with different keys cannot.
• Role: The Role shows the LACP activity status. The Active will transmit LACP packets each second, while Passive will wait for a
LACP packet from a partner (speak if spoken to).
• Buttons:
Apply: Click to apply changes.
Reset: Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.
System Status
This section describes that when you complete to set LACP function on the switch then it provides a status overview for all LACP
instances.
Web Interface:
To display the LACP System status in the web interface:
1. Click Configuration, LACP, System Status.
2. If you want to auto-refresh the information then you need to select “Auto-refresh.”
3. Click “Refresh” to refresh the LACP System Status.
Figure 5-13. The LACP System Status.
Parameter description:
• Aggr ID: The Aggregation ID associated with this aggregation instance. For LLAG the id is shown as “isid:aggr-id” and for
GLAGs as “aggr-id”.
• Partner System ID: The system ID (MAC address) of the aggregation partner.
• Partner Key: The Key that the partner has assigned to this aggregation ID.
• Last changed: The time since this aggregation changed.
• Local Ports: Shows which ports are a part of this aggregation for this switch. The format is: “Switch ID:Port.”
• Auto-refresh: To evoke the auto-refresh to refresh the information automatically.
• Upper right icon (Refresh): Click on this icon to refresh the LACP System status information manually.
