Netgear GS752TS GS7xxTS-TPS Software Admin Manual - Page 105

Link Aggregation Groups, LAG Configuration

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GS728TS, GS728TPS, GS752TS, and GS752TPS Gigabit Smart Switches To configure global flow control settings: 1. From the Global Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x) Mode field, enable or disable IEEE 802.3x flow control on the system. The factory default is Disable. • Enable. The switch sends pause packets if the port buffers become full. • Disable. The switch does not send pause packets if the port buffers become full. 2. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to the latest value of the switch. 3. If you change the mode, click Apply to apply the changes to the system. Link Aggregation Groups Link aggregation groups (LAGs), which are also known as port-channels, 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 LAG VLAN membership after you create a LAG. By default, the LAG becomes a member of the management VLAN. A LAG interface can be either static or dynamic, but not both. Dynamic LAGs use Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to exchange information with their link partners to help maintain the link state. A static port-channel interface does not require a partner system to be able to aggregate its member ports. When a port is added to a LAG as a static member, it neither transmits nor receives LACP PDUs. The GS728TS, GS728TPS, GS752TS, and GS752TPS Smart Switches each support four LAGs. From the LAGs link, you can access the following pages: • LAG Configuration on page 105 • LAG Membership on page 107 • LACP Configuration on page 108 • LACP Port Configuration on page 109 LAG Configuration Use the LAG (Port Channel) Configuration page to group one or more full-duplex Ethernet links to be aggregated together to form a link aggregation group, which is also known as a port-channel. The switch treats the LAG as if it were a single link. To access the LAG Configuration page, click Switching> LAG > Basic > LAG Configuration. 105

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GS728TS, GS728TPS, GS752TS, and GS752TPS Gigabit Smart Switches
To configure global flow control settings:
1.
From the Global Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x) Mode field, enable or disable IEEE 802.3x
flow control on the system. The factory default is Disable.
Enable
. The switch sends pause packets if the port buffers become full.
Disable
. The switch does not send pause packets if the port buffers become full.
2.
Click
Cancel
to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to
the latest value of the switch.
3.
If you change the mode, click
Apply
to apply the changes to the system.
Link Aggregation Groups
Link aggregation groups (LAGs), which are also known as port-channels, 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 LAG VLAN membership after you create a LAG. By default, the LAG
becomes a member of the management VLAN.
A LAG interface can be either static or dynamic, but not both. Dynamic LAGs use Link
Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to exchange information
with their link partners to help maintain the link state. A static port-channel interface does not
require a partner system to be able to aggregate its member ports. When a port is added to a
LAG as a static member, it neither transmits nor receives LACP PDUs.
The GS728TS, GS728TPS, GS752TS, and GS752TPS Smart Switches each support four
LAGs.
From the LAGs link, you can access the following pages:
LAG Configuration
on page
105
LAG Membership
on page
107
LACP Configuration
on page
108
LACP Port Configuration
on page
109
LAG Configuration
Use the LAG (Port Channel) Configuration page to group one or more full-duplex Ethernet
links to be aggregated together to form a link aggregation group, which is also known as a
port-channel. The switch treats the LAG as if it were a single link.
To access the LAG Configuration page, click
Switching
>
LAG
>
Basic
>
LAG Configuration
.