Netgear GSM4248P User Manual - Page 302

AV Line of Fully Managed Switches M4250 Series Main User Manual provides load sharing. You assign the LAG VLAN membership after you create a LAG. The LAG by default becomes a member of the management VLAN. A LAG interface can be either static or dynamic, but not both. All members of a LAG must participate in the same protocols. A static port-channel interface does not require a partner system to be able to aggregate its member ports. The switch supports static LAGs. When a port is added as a static member to a LAG, the port neither transmits nor receives LACPDUs. Auto-LAG overview An Auto-LAG is a LAG that forms automatically between two devices that support the Auto-LAG feature. An Auto-LAG is a dynamic Layer 2 LAG that is based on the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). Note: A LAG is also referred to as a port channel or an EtherChannel. The switch can detect the physical links with a partner device and automatically configure a LAG (that is, an Auto-LAG) on interconnected and capable ports at both ends. The switch can form one Auto-LAG only with each partner device. The Auto-LAG feature functions together with the Auto-Trunk feature, which must also be supported and enabled on the partner device with which the LAG is formed. After an Auto-LAG is formed, the switch automatically applies trunk mode (that is, an Auto-Trunk) to the LAG at both ends. In other words, after an Auto-LAG is formed, the mode for the ports that participate in an Auto-LAG changes from the default switch port mode to the trunk port mode. For more information about the Auto-Trunk feature, see Auto-Trunk overview on page 194. For the switch to form an Auto-LAG with a partner device, the following are required: • Both the Auto-LAG and Auto-Trunk features must be supported and globally enabled on the switch and the partner device. (On all M4250 switch models, the Auto-LAG and Auto-Trunk features are enabled by default.) • At least two links must be established between the switch and the partner device, and these links must support the same speed and duplex mode. • The links cannot be members of a manually configured static or dynamic LAG. • LLDP must be enabled on the interconnected ports on the switch and the partner device. (On all M4250 switch models, LLDP is enabled by default on all ports.) • The interconnected ports on the switch and the partner device must be in the default switch port mode, which is the General mode. If the ports are in the Access mode or already in the Trunk mode, an Auto-Trunk cannot be formed on the Auto-LAG. Configure Switching Information 302 Main User Manual