Port Trunking - Waters Network Systems GSM2109-1009-8PoE Operating Manual

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Port Trunking

The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) provides a standardized means for
exchanging information between partner systems.
agreement on the identity of the Link Aggregation Group to which the link belongs, move
the link to that Link Aggregation Group and enable its transmission and reception
functions. Link aggregation allows you to group up to eight consecutive ports into a
single dedicated connection. This feature can expand bandwidth to a device on the
network. LACP operation requires full duplex mode. Aggregator setting involves
the following:
System priority – a value used to identify the active LACP. The switch with the
lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the active LACP.
Group ID – There are four trunk groups for configuration.
LACP – When enabled, the group is LACP static trunk group. If disabled, the group
is local static trunk group. The advantage of LACP disabled is that a port joins the
trunk group without any handshaking with its member ports. But, member ports
won't know that they should be aggregated together to form a logic trunk group. .
Work Ports – A maximum of four ports can be aggregated at the same time.
• Select the ports to join the trunk group. With LACP static trunk group, four ports
are assigned to be the members of a trunk group who work ports field is set as
two; the other two ports are standby. (The LACP State Activity will display
Passive on the tab for State Activity. Use the Add button to add the port. To
remove unwanted ports, select the port and click Remove.
If LACP is enabled, you can configure the LACP Active/Passive status in each port
on the state activity page.
Click apply to confirm the setting.
The Trunk Group can be deleted by selecting the Group ID and clicking Delete.
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