Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series User Manual

clear port mirroring Configuring LACP
Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Guide 4-55
Configuring LACP
Usingmultiplelinkssimultaneouslytoincreasebandwidthisadesirableswitchfeature,which
canbeaccomplishedifbothsidesagreeonasetofportsthatarebeingusedasaLinkAggregation
Group(LAG).OnceaLAGisformedfromselectedports,problemswithloopingcanbeavoided
sincethe
SpanningTreecantreatthisLAGasasingleport.
EnabledbydefaultonMatrixdevices,theLinkAggregationControlProtocol(LACP)logically
groupsinterfacestogethertocreateagreaterbandwidthuplink,orlinkaggregation,accordingto
theIEEE802.3adstandard.Thisstandardallowstheswitchtodeterminewhichportsare
inLAGs
andconfigurethemdynamically.SincetheprotocolisbasedontheIEEE802.3adspecification,any
switchfromanyvendorthatsupportsthisstandardcanaggregatelinksautomatically.
802.3adLACPaggregationscanalsoberuntoend‐users(i.e.,aserver)ortoarouter.
LACP Operation
Foreachaggregatableportinthedevice,LACP:
• Maintainsconfigurationinformation(reflectingtheinherentpropertiesoftheindividuallinks
aswellasthoseestablishedbymanagement)tocontrolaggregation.
•ExchangesconfigurationinformationwithotherdevicestoallocatethelinktoaLink
AggregationGroup(LAG).
• Attachestheporttotheaggregatorused
bytheLAG,anddetachestheportfromthe
aggregatorwhenitisnolongerusedbytheLAG.
•Usesinformationfromthepartnerdevice’slinkaggregationcontrolentitytodecidewhether
toaggregateports.
TheoperationofLACPinvolvesthefollowingactivities:
•Checkingtha tcandidate linkscanactuallybeaggregated.
• Controllingthe
additionofalinktoaLAG,andthecreationofthegroupifnecessary.
• Monitoringthestatusofaggregatedlinkstoensurethattheaggregationisstillvalid.
•RemovingalinkfromaLAGifitsmembershipisnolongervalid,andremoving thegroupifit
nolongerhas
anymemberlinks.
InordertoallowLACPtodeterminewhetherasetoflinksconnecttothesamedevice,andto
determinewhetherthoselinksarecompatiblefromthepointofviewofaggregation,itis
necessarytobeabletoestablish
•Agloballyuniqueidentifierforeachdevicethatparticipates
inlinkaggregation.
Caution: Link aggregation configuration should only be performed by personnel who are
knowledgeable about Spanning Tree and Link Aggregation, and fully understand the ramifications
of modifications beyond device defaults. Otherwise, the proper operation of the network could be at
risk.
Note: Earlier (proprietary) implementations of port aggregation referred to groups of aggregated
ports as “trunks”.
Note: A given link is allocated to, at most, one Link Aggregation Group (LAG) at a time. The
allocation mechanism attempts to maximize aggregation, subject to management controls.

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