Chapter 3 Lags; Create Two Lags - NETGEAR ProSafe GSM5212P Software Administration Manual

ProSafe Managed Switch
• Better use of physical resources. Traffic can be load-balanced across the physical links.
• Increased bandwidth. The aggregated physical links deliver higher bandwidth than each
individual link.
• Incremental increase in bandwidth. A physical upgrade could produce a tenfold increase
in bandwidth; LAG produces a two- or fivefold increase, useful if only a small increase is
needed.

Create Two LAGs

The example is shown as CLI commands and as a Web interface procedure.
CLI: Create Two LAGs
(Netgear Switch) #config
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#port-channel lag_10
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#port-channel lag_20
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#exit
Use the show port-channel all command to show the logical interface IDs you will use to
identify the LAGs in subsequent commands. Assume that lag_10 is assigned ID 1/1, and
lag_20 is assigned ID 1/2.
(Console) #show port-channel all
Port-
Log. Channel
Intf Name
------ --------------- ------ ---- ---- ------ ------- ------ --------- ------
1/1 lag_10
1/2 lag_20
Web Interface: Create Two LAGs
1. Create LAG lag_10.
a. Select Switching > LAG > LAG Configuration. A screen similar to the following
displays.
Link
Adm. Trap STP
Link Mode Mode Mode
Down En. En. Dis.
Down En. En. Dis.
Mbr Port
Type Ports Speed
Dynamic
Dynamic
Port
Active
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