KTI Networks KS-2262 User Manual
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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. 
