C H A P T E R 5
Using Local Management
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Link Aggregation
Description
Link aggregation is a way of combining ports on the switch to increase
the available bandwidth and provide redundancy. All ports in the
aggregated link take on the characteristics of the anchor port. This means
that if you set the anchor port to 100Mbps full duplex, all the ports
aggregated to that anchor port will share the same setting.
Select switch: Use the
z
to set the switch you want to configure.
Anchor Port: This shows the first port in the link aggregation.
Width: Use the
z
to set the total number of (consecutive) member
ports in the aggregated link. The minimum number of ports for an
aggregated link is two, and the maximum is eight. The link aggregation
width includes the anchor port.
Group Name: Assigns a name to the aggregated links for management
or identification purposes.
Status: Use the
z
to enable or disable the aggregated link.
LOCATION
Main Menu
Configure Stack
Link Aggregation
NOTE
All custom settings for a port
(including VLAN membership)
are lost when you add that port
to a link aggregation.
You cannot link aggregate
ports from different switches
in the stack.
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