Port Management
Configuring Link Aggregation
Cisco Small Business 200 1.1 Series Smart Switch Administration Guide
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Link Aggregation Overview
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Static and Dynamic LAG Workflow
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Defining LAG Management
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Configuring LAG Settings
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Configuring LACP
Link Aggregation Overview
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is part of the IEEE specification (802.3az)
that allows you to bundle several physical ports together to form a single logical
channel (LAG). LAGs multiply the bandwidth, increase port flexibility, and provide
link redundancy between two devices.
Two types of LAGs are supported:
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Static
—A LAG is static if the LACP is disabled on it. The group of ports
assigned to a static LAG are always active members. After a LAG is manually
created, the LACP option cannot be added or removed, until the LAG is
edited and a member is removed (which can be added prior applying), then
the LACP button will become available for editing.
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Dynamic
—A LAG is dynamic if LACP is enabled on it. The group of ports
assigned to dynamic LAG are candidate ports. LACP determines which
candidate ports are active member ports. The non-active candidate ports
are
standby
ports ready to replace any failing active member ports.
Load Balancing
Load Balancing
Traffic forwarded to a LAG is load-balanced across the active member ports, thus
achieving an effective bandwidth close to the aggregate bandwidth of all the
active member ports of the LAG.
Traffic load balancing over the active member ports of a LAG is managed by a
hash-based distribution function that distributes Unicast and Multicast traffic
based on packet header information.
