
Configuring Static Link Aggregation Groups
Configuring Static Link Aggregation
page 7-6
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide
June 2013
tion Configuration and Statistics” on page 7-11
for information on using CLI to monitor static aggregate
groups.
Relationship to Other Features
Link aggregation groups are supported by other switch software features. The following features have CLI
commands or command parameters that support link aggregation:
•
VLANs
. For more information on VLANs see
Chapter 4, “Configuring VLANs.”
•
802.1Q
. For more information on configuring and monitoring 802.1Q see
•
Spanning Tree
. For more information on Spanning Tree see
Chapter 7, “Configuring Static Link
Note.
“Application Example” on page 7-10
for tutorials on using link aggregation with other features.
Configuring Static Link Aggregation Groups
This section describes how to use OmniSwitch Command Line Interface (CLI) commands to
configure static link aggregate groups. See
“Configuring Mandatory Static Link Aggregate Parameters” on
for more information.
Note.
“Quick Steps for Configuring Static Link Aggregation” on page 7-3
for a brief tutorial on
configuring these mandatory parameters.
Alcatel-Lucent’s link aggregation software is preconfigured with the default values for static aggregate
groups as shown in the table in
“Static Link Aggregation Default Values” on page 7-2
. If you need to
modify any of these parameters, please see
“Modifying Static Aggregation Group Parameters” on page 7-9
for more information.
Note.
See the “Link Aggregation Commands” chapter in the
OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide
for
complete documentation of CLI commands for link aggregation.
Configuring Mandatory Static Link Aggregate Parameters
When configuring static link aggregates on a switch you must perform the following steps:
1
Create the Static Aggregate Group on the Local and Remote Switches
. To create a static aggregate
group use the
command, which is described in
“Creating and Deleting a Static
Link Aggregate Group” on page 7-7
2
Assign Ports on the Local and Remote Switches to the Static Aggregate Group
. To assign ports to
the static aggregate group you use the
command, which is described in
and Deleting Ports in a Static Aggregate Group” on page 7-8
.