Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI Reference Guide - Page 612

an additional parameter static which makes this LAG not require a partner system running Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) to be able to aggregate it's member ports. A static LAG does not transmit or process received LACPDUs, that is, the member ports do not transmit LACPDUs and all the LACPDUs it may receive are dropped. A dropped counter is maintained to count the number of such PDUs. Configured members are added to the LAG (active participation) immediately if the LAG is configured to be static. There is no wait time before we add the port to the LAG. A LAG can be either static or dynamic, but not both. It cannot have some member ports participate in the protocol while other member ports do not participate. Additionally, it is not possible to change a LAG from static to dynamic via the CLI. You must remove the member ports from the static LAG and then add them to the dynamic LAG. VLANs and LAGs When members are added to a LAG, they are removed from all existing physical link VLAN membership and gain the VLAN membership of the LAG. When members are removed from a LAG, the members rejoin the VLANs of which they were previously members per the configuration file. The LAG interface can be a member of a VLAN complying with IEEE 802.1Q. LAG Thresholds In many implementations, a LAG is declared as up if any one of its member ports is active. This enhancement provides configurability for the minimum number of member links to be active to declare a LAG up. Network administrators can also utilize this feature to automatically declare a LAG down when only some of the links have failed. 612 Port Channel Commands