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Function name:

Port Setting/Status

Function description:

Port setting/status is used to configure the trunk property of each and every port in the
switch system.

Parameter description:

Method:

This determines the method a port uses to aggregate with other ports.

None:

A port does not want to aggregate with any other port should choose this
default setting.

LACP:

A port use LACP as its trunk method to get aggregated with other ports also
using LACP.

Static:

A port use Static Trunk as its trunk method to get aggregated with other ports
also using Static Trunk.

Group:

Ports choosing the same trunking method other than “None” must be assigned a
unique Group number (i.e. Group ID, valid value is from 1 to 8) in order to declare
that they wish to aggregate with each other.

Active LACP:

This field is only referenced when a port’s trunking method is LACP.

Active:

An Active LACP port begins to send LACPDU to its link partner right after the
LACP protocol entity started to take control of this port.

Passive:

A Passive LACP port will not actively send LACPDU out before it receives an
LACPDU from its link partner.