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Configuring Switching Information
EdgeSwitch
™
Administration Guide
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
Port Channel Summary Fields (Continued)
Field
Description
Members
The ports that are members of a port channel. Each port channel can have a maximum of 8 member ports. To
add ports to a port channel, select the port channel from the table and click
Edit
; then, select one or more ports
from the
Port List
field (press and hold CTRL to select multiple ports), click
to move the selected ports to the
Members
field, and click
Submit
to apply the changes.
Active Ports
The ports that are actively participating members of a port channel. A member port that is operationally or
administratively disabled or does not have a link is not an active port.
Load Balance
The algorithm used to distribute traffic load among the physical ports of the port channel while preserving
the per-flow packet order. The packet attributes that the load-balancing algorithm can use to determine the
outgoing physical port include the following:
• Source MAC, VLAN, Ethertype, Incoming Port
• Destination MAC, VLAN, Ethertype, Incoming Port
• Source/Destination MAC, VLAN, Ethertype, Incoming Port
• Source IP and Source TCP/UDP Port Fields
• Destination IP and Destination TCP/UDP Port Fields
• Source/Destination IP and TCP/UDP Port Fields
• Enhanced Hashing Mode
Use the buttons to perform the following tasks:
• To change the settings for an existing port channel, select the port channel from the table, click
Edit
,
configure the settings as needed, and click
Submit
to apply the changes.
• Click
Refresh
to refresh the page with the most current data from the switch.
To retain the changes across the switch’s next power cycle, click
System
>
Configuration Storage
>
Save
.
