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Manual load balancing mode: Generally, all member interfaces are active interfaces unless
a fault occurs.
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Static LACP mode: The interfaces connected to M links are active interfaces that forward
data; the interfaces connected to N links are inactive interfaces that are used for redundancy
backup.
Actor and Partner
In static LACP mode, the device in the link aggregation group with a higher LACP priority is
the Actor and the device with a lower LACP priority is the Partner.
If the two devices have the same LACP priority, the Actor is selected based on the MAC
addresses of the devices. The device with a smaller MAC address becomes the Actor.
Differentiating the Actor and the Partner keeps the active interfaces at both ends consistent. If
both ends select active interfaces according to the priorities of their own interfaces, the active
interfaces may be different at two ends. To prevent this problem, devices at two ends determine
the Actor first, and the Partner selects active interfaces according to priorities of the interfaces
on the Actor.
shows the process of selecting active interfaces.
Figure 1-1
Determining the active links in static LACP mode
RouterA
RouterB
RouterB
RouterA
The Actor determines
the active link
Device with high
priority
Device with low
priority
Active interface selected by RouterA
Active interface selected by RouterB
1.3 Configuring Link Aggregation in Manual Load
Balancing Mode
This section describes how to configure link aggregation in manual load balancing mode.
1.3.1 Establishing the Configuration Task
Applicable Environment
When the bandwidth or the reliability of two devices should be increased and either of the two
devices does not support LACP, create an Eth-Trunk in manual load balancing mode on the
devices and add member interfaces to the Eth-Trunk, as shown in
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