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Trunking: Configures multiple iSCSI ports to be grouped together into one in order to increase
the connection speed beyond the limit of a single iSCSI port.
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LACP: The Link Aggregation Control Protocol is part of IEEE specification 802.3ad that allows
bonding several physical ports together to form a single logical channel. LACP allows a network
switch to negotiate an automatic bundle by sending LACP packets to the peer. The advantages
of LACP are that it increases bandwidth usage and it automatically performs a failover when the
link status fails on a port.
▼ -> Set VLAN ID: VLAN is a logical grouping mechanism implemented on switch device. VLANs are
collections of switching ports that comprise a single broadcast domain. It allows network traffic to
flow more efficiently within these logical subgroups. Please consult your network switch user manual
for VLAN setting instructions. Most of the work is done at the switch part. All you need to do is to
make sure that your VLAN ID of iSCSI port matches that of switch port. If your network environment
supports VLAN, you can use this function to change the configurations. Fill in VLAN ID and Priority
settings to enable VLAN.
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VLAN ID: VLAN ID is a 12-bit number. Its range is from 2 to 4094, while 0, 1, and 4095 are
reserved for special purposes.
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Priority: The PCP (Priority Code Point) is a 3-bit number and reserved for QoS. The definition
complies with IEEE 802.1p protocol, ranging from 0 to 7, with 0 as the default value. In normal
cases, you don't need to set this value. Using the default will do just fine.
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If iSCSI ports are assigned with VLAN ID before creating aggregation takes place,
aggregation will remove VLAN ID. You need to repeat the steps to set VLAN ID for the
aggregation group.
▼ -> iSCSI IP Address Settings: It can assign an iSCSI IP address of the iSCSI data port. There are
two options: Use DHCP to acquire an IP address automatically or specify a static IP address to set the
IP address manually.
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