Port Trunking Settings - D-Link DWS-3160-24TC Reference Manual

DWS-3160 Series Gigabit Ethernet Unified Switch Web UI Reference Guide
All of the ports in the group must be members of the same VLAN, and their STP status, static multicast, traffic
control; traffic segmentation and 802.1p default priority configurations must be identical. Port locking, port mirroring
and 802.1X must not be enabled on the trunk group. Further, the LACP aggregated links must all be of the same
speed and should be configured as full duplex.
The Master Port of the group is to be configured by the user, and all configuration options, including the VLAN
configuration that can be applied to the Master Port, are applied to the entire link aggregation group.
Load balancing is automatically applied to the ports in the aggregated group, and a link failure within the group
causes the network traffic to be directed to the remaining links in the group.
The Spanning Tree Protocol will treat a link aggregation group as a single link, on the switch level. On the port level,
the STP will use the port parameters of the Master Port in the calculation of port cost and in determining the state
of the link aggregation group. If two redundant link aggregation groups are configured on the Switch, STP will block
one entire group; in the same way STP will block a single port that has a redundant link.
NOTE: If any ports within the trunk group become disconnected, packets intended for the
disconnected port will be load shared among the other linked ports of the link aggregation
group.

Port Trunking Settings

On this page the user can configure the port trunk settings for the switch.
To view the following window, click L2 Features > Link Aggregation > Port Trunking Settings, as show below:
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter Description
Algorithm This is the traffic hash algorithm among the ports of the link aggregation group. Options to
choose from are MAC Source Dest, IP Source Dest and Lay4 Source Dest.
Group ID (1-32) Select an ID number for the group, between 1 and 32.
Type This drop-down menu allows users to select between Static and LACP (Link Aggregation
Control Protocol). LACP allows for the automatic detection of links in a Port Trunking Group.
Master Port Choose the Master Port for the trunk group using the drop-down menu.
State Use the drop-down menu to toggle between Enabled and Disabled. This is used to turn a
port trunking group on or off. This is useful for diagnostics, to quickly isolate a bandwidth
intensive network device or to have an absolute backup aggregation group that is not under
automatic control.
Member Ports Choose the members of a trunked group. Up to eight ports can be assigned to a group.
Figure 7-34 Port Trunking Settings window
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