NETGEAR GS752TP Software Administration Manual page 78

GS752TP, GS728TP, and GS728TPP Gigabit Smart Switches
The following screen displays:
2. Select the check box next to the LAG to configure.
You can select multiple LAGs to apply the same settings to the selected interfaces. Select
the check box in the heading row to apply the same settings to all interfaces.
3. Configure or view the following settings:
• Description. Specify the description string to be attached to a LAG. It can be up to 64
characters in length.
• LAG ID. Displays the number assigned to the LAG. This field is read-only.
• Admin Mode. Select Enable or Disable from the list. When the LAG (port channel) is
disabled, no traffic flows and LAGPDUs are dropped, but the links that form the LAG
(port channel) are not released. The factory default is Enable.
• STP Mode. Select Enable or Disable from the list to specify the Spanning Tree
Protocol administrative mode associated with the LAG.
• LAG Type. Specifies whether the LAG is configured as a static or LACP port. When
the LAG is static, it does not transmit or process received LAGPDUs. For example the
member ports do not transmit LAGPDUs and all the LAGPDUs it might receive are
dropped. The default is Static.
• Active Ports. A listing of the ports that are actively participating members of this port
channel. A maximum of 8 ports can be assigned to a static port channel or 16 ports to
a LACP port channel.
• LAG State. Indicates whether the link is up or down.
4. Click APPLY to send the updated configuration to the switch.
Configuration changes take effect immediately.
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