Allied Telesis AT-S84 - Manual (Page 92)

Chapter 6: Port Trunking
92 Section I: Using the Menus Interface
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 93
ˆ “Verifying the LACP Group Settings” on page 94
ˆ “Disabling an LACP Trunk” on page 95
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 88.
2. From the Advanced Switch Configuration Menu, type T to select
Trunk Configuration.
The Trunk Configuration Menu is shown in Figure 22 on page 89.
3. To set the trunk status, type S to select Set Trunk Status.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter trunk group number>
4. Type the trunk group number 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.
M - Manual: Ports are in a static trunk state.
D - Disabled: Ports are disabled and do not sent or received LACP
data units or network traffic.
Note
LACP must be enabled at both ends of the link to be operational.