SH-E514TR1 10 Gigabit Ethernet SmartPro Switch User Manual
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STP Global Information
This window is used to display the STP global information.
Figure 9-15 STP Global Information
STP Port Information
This window is used to view and configure the STP port information settings.
Figure 9-16 STP Port Information
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Port:
Select the port number that will be cleared here.
Click
Clear Detected Protocol
to clear the detected protocol settings for the port selected.
Click
Find
to locate a specific entry based on the information entered.
Click
Edit
to re-configure the specific entry.
Enter a page number and click
Go
to navigate to a specific page when multiple pages exist.
Link Aggregation
Understanding Port Trunk Groups
Port trunk groups are used to combine a number of ports together to make a single high-bandwidth data pipeline.
The Switch supports up to 7 port trunk groups with 1 to 8 ports in each group.
The Switch treats all ports in a trunk group as a single port. Data transmitted to a specific host (destination address)
will always be transmitted over the same port in a trunk group. This allows packets in a data stream to arrive in the
same order they were sent.
Link aggregation allows several ports to be grouped together and to act as a single link. This gives a bandwidth that is
a multiple of a single link's bandwidth.
Link aggregation is most commonly used to link a bandwidth intensive network device or devices, such as a server, to
the backbone of a network.
The Switch allows the creation of up to 8 link aggregation groups, each group consisting of 1 to 8 links (ports). Each
port can only belong to a single link aggregation group.
All of the ports in the group must be members of the same VLAN, and their STP status, static multicast, traffic control;
traffic segmentation and 802.1p default priority configurations must be identical. Port locking must not be enabled on
the trunk group. Further, the LACP aggregated links must all be of the same speed and should be configured as full
duplex.
