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11 Configuring Dynamic Link
Alcatel's dynamic link aggregation software allows you to combine several physical links into one large
virtual link known as a link aggregation group. Using link aggregation can provide the following benefits:
Scalability. You can configure up to 30 link aggregation groups that can consist of 2, 4, or 8 on a
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single switch and 2, 4, 8, or 16 links in a stack.
Reliability. If one of the physical links in a link aggregate group goes down (unless it is the last one)
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the link aggregate group can still operate.
Ease of Migration. Link aggregation can ease the transition from a 100 Mbps Ethernet backbones to
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Gigabit Ethernet backbones.
Note. This chapter only covers dynamic link aggregation for OmniSwitch 6600 Series switches. Please
refer to the OmniSwitch 7700/7800/8800 Network Configuration Guide for information on configuring
dynamic link aggregation on OmniSwitch 7700, 7800, and 8800 switches, which use different procedures
and have many different operating ranges.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes the basic components of dynamic link aggregation and how to configure them
through the Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for
more details about the syntax of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
Configuring dynamic link aggregation groups on
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Configuring ports so they can be aggregated in dynamic link aggregation groups on
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Modifying dynamic link aggregation parameters on
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Note. You can also configure and monitor dynamic link aggregation with WebView, Alcatel's embedded
web-based device management application. WebView is an interactive and easy-to-use GUI that can be
launched from OmniVista or a web browser. Please refer to WebView's online documentation for more
information on configuring and monitoring dynamic link aggregation with WebView.
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