4-5 Link Aggregation
4-5.1 Port
This section describes Port setting/status used to configure the trunk property of each port.
Web Interface
To configure the trunk property of each and every port in the web interface:
1. Click Port Management, Link Aggregation, and port.
2. Specify the Method, Group, LACP Role and LACP Timeout.
3. Click the Apply button to save the setting.
4. To cancel the setting click the Reset button to revert to previously saved values.
Figure 4-5.1: The Trunk Port Setting/Status page
Parameter description :
Port: The logical port for the settings contained in the same row.
Method: This determines the method a port uses to aggregate with other ports.
None: A port does not want to aggregate with any other port should choose this default setting.
LACP: A port use LACP as its trunk method to get aggregated with other ports also using LACP.
Static: A port use Static Trunk as its trunk method to get aggregated with other ports also using
Static Trunk.
Group: Ports choosing the same trunking method other than “None” must be assigned a unique
Group number (i.e. Group ID, valid value is from 1 to 8) in order to declare that they wish to aggregate
with each other.
LACP Role: This field is only referenced when a port’s trunking method is LACP.
Active: An Active LACP port begins to send LACPDU to its link partner right after the LACP
protocol entity started to take control of this port.
Passive: A Passive LACP port will not actively send LACPDU out before it receives an LACPDU
from its link partner.
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