Load Sharing Criteria For Link Aggregation Groups - 3Com 4500G Family Configuration Manual

Figure 1-3 Set the state of a member port in a dynamic aggregation group
Set the aggregation state of a member port
Is there any hardware
Is the port up?
Port attribute/class-two
configurations same as the
reference port?
Port attribute/class-two
configurations same as the peer
port of the reference port?
More candidate ports than
allowed max. number of
selected ports?
Set the port state to selected
Meanwhile, the system with the higher system ID, being aware of the aggregation state changes on the
remote system, changes the aggregation state of its ports accordingly.
Because any port attribute or class-two configuration change on a member port may cause the
aggregation state of the port and other member ports to change and thus affect services, you are
recommended to do that with caution.
In a dynamic aggregation group, when the aggregation state of a local port changes, the
aggregation state of the peer port also changes accordingly.

Load Sharing Criteria for Link Aggregation Groups

In a link aggregation group, traffic may be load-shared across the selected member ports based on a
certain criterion or a set of criteria depending on your configuration.
You can choose one of the following criteria or any combination of them for load sharing:
Yes
restriction?
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Port number low enough
to put the port within the
limit?
1-8
No
Yes
Set the port state to
unselected