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3 Aggregation
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3.1 Static Trunk
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3.1.1 Static Trunk
The aggregation is used to configure the settings of
“
Link Aggregation
”
. You can
bundle more than one port with the same speed, full duplex, and the same MAC to
be a single logical port. Thus, the logical port aggregates the bandwidth of these
ports. This means you can apply your current Ethernet equipment to build the
bandwidth aggregation. For example, if there are three fast Ethernet ports
aggregated in a logical port, then this logical port has bandwidth three times as high
as a single fast Ethernet port has.
The aggregation configuration is used to configure the settings of link aggregation.
You can bundle more than one port with the same speed, full duplex and the same
MAC to be a single logical port. Thus, the logical port aggregates the bandwidth of
these ports. This means you can apply your current Ethernet equipment to build the
bandwidth aggregation.
Ports using static trunk as their trunk method can choose their unique static Group
ID
to form a logic “trunked port”. The benefit of using “
Static Trunk
”
method is that
a port can immediately become a member of a trunk group without any
handshaking with its peer port. This is also a disadvantage because the peer ports of
your static trunk group may not know that they should be aggregate together to
form a “logic trunked port”. Using
static trunk on both end of a link is strongly
recommended. Please also note that low speed links will stay in “not ready” state
when using static trunk to aggregate with high speed links.
Web Interface
To configure the Trunk Aggregation Hash mode and Aggregation Group in the web
interface:
1.
Click Configuration, Aggregation, then Static Trunk.
2.
Evoke to enable or disable the aggregation Hash mode function. Evoke
“
Aggregation Group ID
”
and port members.
3.
Click “Save” to save the setting.
4.
If you want to cancel the setting, click the reset button to revert back to
previously saved values.
Figure 3-3.1.1: The Aggregation Mode Configuration
