D-Link Unified Access System
Software User Manual
12/10/09
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Creating Port Channels (Trunking)
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Use the Port Channel Status page to group one or more full duplex Ethernet links to be aggregated together to form a port-
channel, which is also known as a link aggregation group (LAG). The switch can treat the port-channel as if it were a single
link.
To access the Port Channel Status page, click
LAN > Monitoring > Trunking > Status
in the navigation tree.
Figure 161: Port Channel Status
Table 144: Port Channel Status Fields
Field
Description
Port Channel
Identifies the port channel with the Slot/Port interface naming convention.
Port Channel Name
Identifies the user-configured text name of the port channel.
Port Channel Type
The type of this Port Channel, which is one of the following:
• Static
: The port channel is statically maintained.
• Dynamic
: The port channel is dynamically maintained.
Admin Mode
Select enable or disable from the pulldown menu. When the Port Channel is disabled
no traffic will flow and LACPDUs will be dropped, but the links that form the Port
Channel will not be released. The factory default is enable.
Link State
Indicates whether the link is Up or Down.
STP Mode
Shows whether the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Administrative Mode is enabled or
disabled on the port channel
Static Mode
Shows whether static mode is enabled for this port channel.
Link Trap
Shows whether to send traps when link status changes. If the status is Enabled, traps
are sent.
Configured Ports
Lists the ports that are members of the Port Channel, in Slot/Port notation. There can
be a maximum of 8 ports assigned to a Port Channel.
Active Ports
Lists the ports that are actively participating members of this Port Channel, in Slot/Port
notation.