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can operate as Selected interfaces. This allows the two systems to reach an agreement on which link

aggregation member ports should be placed in Selected state.

Operational key

When aggregating ports, link aggregation control automatically assigns each port an operational key

based on port attributes, including the port rate, duplex mode and link state configuration.
In an aggregation group, all Selected ports are assigned the same operational key.

Class-two configurations

The contents of class-two configurations are listed in

Table 66

. In an aggregation group, a member port

different from the aggregate interface in the class-two configurations cannot be a Selected port.

Table 66 Class-two configurations

Type

Considerations

Port isolation

Whether a port has joined an isolation group, and the isolation group to which the
port belongs.

QinQ

QinQ enable state (enable/disable), TPID values in VLAN tags, outer VLAN tags to
be added, inner-to-outer VLAN priority mappings, inner-to-outer VLAN tag mappings,
inner VLAN ID substitution mappings.

VLAN

Permitted VLAN IDs, default VLAN, link type (trunk, hybrid, or access), IP
subnet-based VLAN configuration, protocol-based VLAN configuration, tag mode.

MAC address learning

MAC address learning capability, MAC address learning limit, forwarding of frames

with unknown destination MAC addresses after the upper limit of the MAC address
table is reached.

Some configurations are called class-one configurations. Such configurations, for example, MSTP, can

be configured on aggregate interfaces and member ports but are not considered during operational key

calculation.
The change of a class-two configuration setting may affect the select state of link aggregation member

ports and the ongoing service. To prevent unconsidered change, a message warning of the hazard will

be displayed when you attempt to change a class-two setting, upon which you can decide whether to

continue your change operation.

Link aggregation modes

Depending on the link aggregation procedure, link aggregation operates in one of the following modes:

Static aggregation mode

Dynamic aggregation mode

Static aggregation mode

LACP is disabled on the member ports in a static aggregation group. In a static aggregation group, the
system sets a port to Selected or Unselected state by the following rules:

The system selects a port as the reference port from the ports that are in up state and with the same
class-two configurations as the corresponding aggregate interface. These ports are selected in the

order of full duplex/high speed, full duplex/low speed, half duplex/high speed, and half

duplex/low speed, with full duplex/high speed being the most preferred. If two ports with the same

duplex mode/speed pair are present, the one with the lower port number wins.