Operation Manual

Chapter 6: Port Trunking
92 Section I: Using the Menus Interface
Setting Up an LACP Trunk
This section contains the following procedures to work with LACP trunks:
 “Creating an LACP Trunk,” next
 “Configuring the LACP Port Priority” on page 93
 “Viewing the LACP Group Settings” on page 94
 “Disabling an LACP Trunk” on page 95
Note
Create the trunk before you make it an LACP trunk. For more
information, see “Setting Up a Port Trunk” on page 87.
Creating an
LACP Trunk
To create an LACP trunk, perform the following procedure:
1. From the Main Menu, type A to select Advanced Switch
Configuration.
The Advanced Switch Configuration Menu is shown in Figure 21 on
page 87.
2. From the Advanced Switch Configuration Menu, type T to select
Trunk Configuration.
The Trunk Configuration Menu is shown in Figure 22 on page 88.
3. From the Trunk Configuration Menu, type S to select Set Trunk
Status.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter trunk group number>
4. Type the number of the trunk group you want to enable or disable.
The following prompt is displayed:
Set trunk group n status (A/P/M/D)>
5. Choose one of the four following settings:
A - LACP Active: Ports are in an active negotiation state.
P - LACP Passive: Ports are in a passive state where the port
negotiates a bundle by exchanging LACP packets to the peer only
if the far end initiates it.