User Manual

Configuring SmartTRUNKs
68 Enterasys X-Pedition User Reference Manual
Specify Traffic Distribution Policy (Optional)
The default policy for distributing traffic across the ports in a SmartTRUNK is “round-robin,”
where the XP selects the port on a rotating basis. The other policy that can be chosen is “link-
utilization,” where packets are sent to the least-used port in a SmartTRUNK. You can choose to
specify the link-utilization policy for a particular SmartTRUNK, a list of SmartTRUNKs, or for all
SmartTRUNKs on the XP.
Specify Actor Parameters for LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)
To enable LACP and set the actor parameters on a port to run Link Aggregation with the 802.3ad
protocol, do the following:
Specify traffic distribution policy.
smarttrunk set load-policy on <smarttrunk list>|
all-smarttrunks round-robin| link-utilization
Enable LACP.
smarttrunk lacp actor-parameters port <port_list>
enable
Disable LACP.
Negate the command you used to enable LACP.
Set the administrative key for the
port.
smarttrunk lacp actor-parameters port <port_list>
enable port-key <number>
Set the administrative priority for
the port.
smarttrunk lacp actor-parameters port <port_list>
enable port-priority <number>
Set the administrative LACP
activity for the port.
smarttrunk lacp actor-parameters enable port
<port_list> activity active| passive
Set the administrative aggregation
for the port.
smarttrunk lacp actor-parameters enable port
<port_list> aggregation aggregatable| individual
Set the administrative LACP
Timeout for the port.
smarttrunk lacp actor-parameters enable port
<port_list> timeout long| short