SH-E514TR1 10 Gigabit Ethernet SmartPro Switch User Manual
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Load balancing is automatically applied to the ports in the aggregated group, and a link failure within the group causes
the network traffic to be directed to the remaining links in the group.
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 Master 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.
NOTE:
If any ports within the trunk group
become disconnected, packets intended for the
disconnected port will be load shared among the
other linked ports of the link aggregation group.
This window is used to view and configure the link aggregation settings.
Figure 9-17 Link Aggregation
The fields that can be configured are described below:
System Priority:
Enter the system’s priority value used here. This value must be between 1 and 65535. By default,
this value is 32768. The system priority determines which ports can join a port-channel and which ports are put in the
stand-alone mode. The lower value has a higher priority. If two or more ports have the same priority, the port number
determines the priority.
Load Balance Algorithm:
Select the load balancing algorithm that will be used here. Options to choose from are
Source MAC
,
Destination MAC
,
Source Destination MAC
,
Source IP
,
Destination IP
, and
Source Destination IP
.
By default, this option is
Source MAC
.
From Port / To Port:
Select the appropriate port range used for the configuration here.
Group ID:
Enter the channel group number here. This value must be between 1 and 7. The system will automatically
create the port-channel when a physical port first joins a channel group. An interface can only join one channel-group.
Mode:
Select the mode option here. Options to choose from are
On
,
Active
, and
Passive
. If the mode
On
is specified,
the channel group type is static. If the mode
Active
or
Passive
is specified, the channel group type is LACP. A
channel group can only consist of either static members or LACP members. Once the type of channel group has been
determined, other types of interfaces cannot join the channel group.
Click
Apply
to accept the changes made for each individual section.
Click
Add
to add a new entry based on the information entered.
Click
Delete Member Port
to remove the specific member port.
Click
Delete Channel
to remove the specific entry.
Click
Channel Detail
to view more detailed information about the channel.
After clicking
Channel Detail
, the following window will be available.
