Static And Dynamic Lag Workflow; Defining Lag Management - Cisco SF500-24 Administration Manual

Port Management
Configuring Link Aggregation
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• Protocols, such as Spanning Tree, consider all the ports in the LAG to be one
port.

Static and Dynamic LAG Workflow

After a LAG has been manually created, LACP cannot be added or removed until
the LAG is edited and a member is removed. Only then will the LACP button
become available for editing.
To configure a static LAG, perform the following actions:
1. Disable LACP on the LAG to make it static. Assign up to eight member ports to
the static LAG by selecting and moving the ports from the Port List to the LAG
Members list. Select the load balancing algorithm for the LAG. Perform these
LAG Management
actions in the
2. Configure various aspects of the LAG, such as speed and flow control by using
the LAG Settings
To configure a dynamic LAG, perform the following actions:
1. Enable LACP on the LAG. Assign up to 16 candidates ports to the dynamic LAG
by selecting and moving the ports from the Port List to the LAG Members List
LAG Management
by using the
2. Configure various aspects of the LAG, such as speed and flow control by using
LAG Settings
the
3. Set the LACP priority and timeout of the ports in the LAG by using the
page.

Defining LAG Management

The LAG Management page displays the global and per LAG settings. The page
also enables you to configure the global setting and to select and edit the desired
LAG on the Edit LAG Membership page.
To select the load balancing algorithm of the LAG:
Click Port Management > Link Aggregation > LAG Management. The
Management page opens.
Select one of the following Load Balance Algorithms:
• MAC Address—Perform load balancing by source and destination MAC
addresses on all packets.
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