OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Network Configuration Guide December 2017 page 9-1
9 Configuring Dynamic Link
Aggregation
The OmniSwitch implementation of dynamic link aggregation software allows you to combine several
physical links into one large virtual link known as a link aggregation group. Using link aggregation
provides the following benefits:
• Scalability. It is possible to configure a maximum number of link aggregation groups as mentioned in
the “Network Configuration Specifications” chapter of the OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Specifications
Guide.
• Reliability. If one of the physical links in a link aggregate group goes down (unless it is the last one)
the link aggregate group can still operate.
• Ease of Migration. Link aggregation can ease the transition to higher bandwidth backbones.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes the basic components of dynamic link aggregation and how to configure them
through the Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for
more details about the syntax of commands, see the OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
• Configuring dynamic link aggregation groups on “Configuring Dynamic Link Aggregate Groups” on
page 9-7.
• Configuring ports so they can be aggregated in dynamic link aggregation groups on “Configuring Ports
to Join and Removing Ports in a Dynamic Aggregate Group” on page 9-9.
• Modifying dynamic link aggregation parameters on “Modifying Dynamic Link Aggregate Group
Parameters” on page 9-11.
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