IBM BladeCenter Installation And User Manual page 131

To enable Link Aggregation Control Protocol and set the System Priority, value
select Setup IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation on the Link Aggregation menu:
The user-changeable parameters on this window are as follows:
LACP This parameter enables Link Aggregation to be Enabled or Disabled.
Disabling LACP when it is not in use can eliminate some traffic on the
network. Enabling Link Aggregation creates an active LACP switch module.
System Priority
An admin ID can be assigned to the switch module to differentiate other
LACP switches running on the network.
To set up dynamic port trunking on individual ports, select Link Aggregation Port
Setting on the IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation menu:
Select the range of ports to be configured in the first field, assign a Priority in the
second field, enter the Admin. Key in the next field, and select Enabled in the
Mode field to enable this feature. After you click APPLY, the new port settings will
be displayed in the table in the lower portion of the preceding window.
The information on the preceding window includes:
Configure external port [1] to [1]
Enter the ports that will form the external port trunking group in this field.
Priority [1]
Lower port priority means a higher priority over other enabled link
aggregation ports in the group.
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