Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
7-40 Port Configuration
is,willblockredundantpaths).Forinformationaboutbuildingstaticaggregations, refertoset
lacpstatic(page 7‐44).
EachSecureStackC2moduleprovidessixvirtuallinkaggregatorports,whicharedesignatedin
theCLIaslag.0.1throughlag.0.6.EachLAGcanhaveuptoeightassociatedphysicalports.Once
underlying
physicalports(forexample,fe.x.x,orge.x.x)areassociatedwithanaggregatorport,
theresultingaggregationwillberepresentedasoneLAGwithalag.0.xportdesignation.LACP
determineswhichunderlyingphysicalportsarecapableofaggregatingbycomparingoperational
keys.AggregatorportsallowonlyunderlyingportswithkeysmatchingtheirstojointheirLAG.
LACPuses
asystempriorityvaluetobuildaLAGID,whichdeterminesaggregationprecedence.
Iftherearetwopartnerdevicescompetingforthesameaggregator,LACPcomparestheLAGIDs
foreachgroupingofports.TheLAGwiththelowerLAGIDisgivenprecedenceandwillbe
allowedtouse
theaggregator.
Thereareafewcasesinwhichportswillnotaggregate:
•Anunderlyingphysicalportisattachedtoanotherportonthissameswitch(loopback).
•ThereisnoavailableaggregatorfortwoormoreportswiththesameLAGID.Thiscan
happeniftherearesimplynoavailableaggregators,
orifnoneoftheaggregatorshavea
matchingadminkeyandsystempriority.
• 802.1xauthenti cationisenabledusingtheseteapolcommand(page 23‐19)andportsthat
wouldotherwiseaggregatearenot802.1Xauthorized.
TheLACPimplementationontheSecureStackC2devicewillallowuptoeightphysicalports
into
aLAG.ThedevicewiththelowestLAGIDdetermineswhichunderlyingphysicalportsare
allowedintoaLAGbasedontheports’LAGportpriority.PortswiththelowestLAGportpriority
valuesare allowedintotheLAGandallotherspeedgroupingsgointoastandbystate.
Multi‐
portLAGswillcontinuetooperateaslongasthereisatleastoneactiveportintheLAG.
Therefore,thereisnoneedtocreatebackupsingleportLAGsortospecificallyassigntheLAGand
allitsphysicalportstotheegresslistoftheLAG’sVLAN.
Typically,two
ormoreportsarerequiredtoformaLAG.However,youcanenablethecreationof
singleportLAGsasdescribedin“setlacpsingleportlag”onpage7‐46.IfasingleportLAGgoes
downandtheswitchstaysup,theswitchwillreconfiguretheLAGtothe
sameLAGnumberifthe
portcomesbackup.
Commands
Note: To aggregate, underlying physical ports must be running in full duplex mode and must be of
the same operating speed.
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show lacp 7-41
set lacp 7-42
set lacp asyspri 7-43
set lacp aadminkey 7-43
clear lacp 7-44
set lacp static 7-44
clear lacp static 7-45