D-Link DWS-4026 [204/741] Creating port channels trunking

CreatingPortChannels(Trunking)

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page204

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

CreatingPortChannels(Trunking)

Port‐trunks,whicharealsoknownaslinkaggregationgroups(LAGs),allowyoutocombinemultiplefull‐duplex

Ethernetlinksintoasinglelogicallink.Networkdevicestreattheaggregationasifitwereasinglelink,which

increasesfaulttoleranceandprovidesloadsharing.Youassigntheport‐channel(LAG)VLANmem

bershipafter

youcreateaport‐trunk.TheportchannelbydefaultbecomesamemberofthemanagementVLAN.

Aport‐trunk(LAG)interfacecanbeeitherstaticordynamic,butnotboth.Allmembersofaportchannelmust

participateinthesameprotocols.Astaticport‐trunkinterfacedoe

snotrequireapartnersystemtobeableto

aggregateitsmemberports.

StaticLAGsaresupported.WhenaportisaddedtoaLAGasastaticmember,itneithertransmitsnorreceives

LACPDUs.

PortChannelConfiguration

UsethePortChannelConfigurationpagetogrouponeormorefullduplexEthernetlinkstobeaggregated

togethertoformaport‐channel,whichisalsoknownasalinkaggregationgroup(LAG).Theswitchtreatsthe

port‐channelasifitwereasinglelink.

ToaccessthePortChannelCon

figurationpage,clickLAN>L2Features>Trunking>Configurationinthe

navigationtree.

Figure118:PortChannelConfiguration

Note:Ifyouconfigurethemaximumnumberofdynamicport‐channels(LAGs)thatyourplatform

supports,additionalport‐channelsthatyouconfigureareautomaticallystatic.