Allied Telesis AT-S81 - Manual (Page 91)

AT-S81 Management Software User’s Guide
Section I: Using the Menus Interface 91
Setting Up an LACP Trunk
This section contains the following procedures to work with LACP trunks:
ˆ “Creating an LACP Trunk,” next
ˆ “Configuring the LACP Port Priority” on page 92
ˆ “Viewing the LACP Group Settings” on page 93
ˆ “Disabling an LACP Trunk” on page 94
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 and
press Enter.
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.