Chapter 12 Link Aggregation Commands - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6250 Cli Reference Manual

Link aggregation is a way of combining multiple physical links between two switches into one logical
link. The aggregate group operates within Spanning Tree as one virtual port and can provide more band-
width than a single link. It also provides redundancy. If one physical link in the aggregate group goes
down, link integrity is maintained.
There are two types of aggregate groups: static and dynamic. Static aggregate groups are manually config-
ured on the switch with static links. Dynamic groups are set up on the switch but they aggregate links as
necessary according to the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
The dynamic aggregation software is compatible only with the following IEEE standard:
802.3ad — Aggregation of Multiple Link Segments
MIB information for the link aggregation commands is as follows:
Filename: AlcatelIND1LAG.MIB
Module: ALCATEL-IND1-LAG-MIB
OmniSwitch 6250 CLI Reference Guide
12 Link Aggregation
November 2009
Commands
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