R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls High Availability Configuration Guide-6PW101

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• IP addresses carried in packets
• Port numbers carried in packets
• IP protocols used by packets
Alternatively, you can let the system automatically choose link-aggregation load sharing criterion or
criteria based on packet types (Layer 2, IPv4, or IPv6 for example).
Ethernet Link Aggregation Configuration Task List
Complete the following tasks to configure Ethernet link aggregation:
Task Remarks
Configuring an
Aggregation Group
Configuring a Static Aggregation Group
Select either task
Configuring a Dynamic Aggregation Group
Configuring an
Aggregate Interface
Configuring the Description of an Aggregate
Interface/Subinterface
Optional
Configuring the MTU of a Layer 3 Aggregate
Interface/Subinterface
Optional
Enabling Link State Trapping for an Aggregate Interface Optional
Configuring the Minimum and Maximum Number of Selected
Ports in an Aggregation Group
Optional
Shutting Down an Aggregate Interface Optional
Configuring Load
Sharing for Link
Aggregation Groups
Configuring Load Sharing Criteria for Link Aggregation Groups Optional
Configuring an Aggregation Group
You can choose to create a Layer 2 or Layer 3 link aggregation group depending on the ports to be
aggregated:
• To aggregate Layer 2 Ethernet interfaces, create a Layer 2 link aggregation group;
• To aggregate Layer 3 Ethernet interfaces, create a Layer 3 link aggregation group.
Configuration Guidelines
Link aggregation cannot be used along with some features. Table 10 lists the ports that cannot be
assigned to a Layer 2 aggregation group and Table 11 l
ists the interfaces that cannot be assigned to a
Layer 3 aggregation group.
Table 14 Ports that cannot be assigned to a Layer 2 aggregation group
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ports specified as source interfaces
in portal-free rules
Portal Configuration in the Security Volume