Port Management
Link Aggregation
Cisco Small Business SLM Series Smart Switches Administration Guide 21
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• Operational Status — Defines whether the port is currently operational or
non-operational.
• Admin Auto Negotiation — Enables or disables Auto Negotiation on the
LAG. Auto-negotiation is a protocol between two link partners that enables
a LAG to advertise its transmission rate, duplex mode and flow control (the
flow control default is disabled) abilities to its partner.
• Current Auto Negotiation — The current Auto Negotiation setting.
• Admin Advertisement — Specifies the capabilities to be advertised by the
LAG. The possible field values are:
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Max Capability
— Indicates that all port speeds and Duplex mode
settings can be accepted.
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10 Full
— Indicates that the port is advertising a 10 mbps speed and full
Duplex mode setting.
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100 Full
— Indicates that the port is advertising a 100 mbps speed and
full Duplex mode setting.
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1000 Full
— Indicates that the port is advertising a 1000 mbps speed
and full Duplex mode setting.
• Current Advertisement — The port advertises its capabilities to its
neighbor port to start the negotiation process. The possible field values are
those specified in the Admin Advertisement field.
• Neighbor Advertisement — The neighbor port (the port to which the
selected interface is connected) advertises its capabilities to the port to
start the negotiation process.
• Admin Speed — The configured speed of the LAG.
• Current LAG Speed — The current speed at which the LAG is operating.
• Admin Flow Control — Enables or disables flow control or enables the auto
negotiation of flow control on the LAG.
• Current Flow Control — Displays the current Flow Control setting.
• Select Ports — Select the ports to assign to the LAG.
STEP 2 Define the relevant fields.
STEP 3 Click Save Settings. The settings are modified, and the device is updated.
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