Configure Lag Membership - NETGEAR ProSafe XS728T User Manual

ProSAFE 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch XS728T and XS748T User Manual
7. In the LAG Name field, enter the name to be assigned to the LAG.
You can enter any string of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. A valid name must be
specified for you to create the LAG.
8. In the Description field, enter the description string to be attached to a LAG.
The description can be up to 64 characters in length.
9. From the Admin Mode menu, select Enable or Disable.
When the LAG is disabled, no traffic flows and LACPDUs are dropped, but the links that
form the LAG are not released. The default is Enable.
10. From the STP Mode menu, select the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) administrative mode
associated with the LAG. The possible values are as follows:
• Disable. Spanning tree is disabled for this LAG.
• Enable. Spanning tree is enabled for this LAG. Enable is the default.
11. From the LAG Type menu, select Static or LACP:
• Static. Disables Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on the selected LAG. The
LAG is configured manually. The default is Static.
• LACP. Disables LACP on the selected LA. The LAG is configured automatically.
12. Click the Apply button.
The updated configuration is sent to the switch. Configuration changes take effect
immediately.
The following table describes the nonconfigurable information displayed on the page.
Table 19. LAG Configuration information
Field
LAG ID
Active Ports
LAG State

Configure LAG Membership

You can select two or more full-duplex Ethernet links to be aggregated together to form a link
aggregation group (LAG), which is also known as a port channel. The switch can treat the
port channel as a single link.
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To configure LAG membership:
1. Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.
2. Launch a web browser.
Description
Identification of the LAG.
Indicates the ports that are actively participating in the port channel.
Indicates whether the link is up or down.
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