24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Configuring the Switch Using the Console Interface
Note:
The Spanning Tree Protocol will treat a link
aggregation group as a single link, on the switch level.
On the port level, the STP will use the port parameters of
the base port in the calculation of port cost and in
determining the state of the link aggregation group. If
two redundant link aggregation groups are configured on
the switch, STP will block one entire group – in the same
way STP will block a single port that has a redundant
link.
To configure a link aggregation group:
Highlight
Link Aggregation
on the
Main Menu
and press
enter.
Figure 6-68. Link Aggregation Setup
Toggle the
Group ID:[1]
field to one of the six possible link
aggregation groups configurable on the switch. Toggle the
Master Module:<Base Unit>
field to configure a group either
on the Base Unit (the 24 Fast Ethernet ports) or on the Slot-1
(optional) module (the 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports).