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ch16 0 0 0 ch17 0 0 0 --More-- or (q)uit Port Aggregator The Port Aggregator feature minimizes the administration required for managing the blade-centric switch blades. This feature provides administrators the ability to map internal ports to external ports without having to know anything about STP, VLANs, Link Aggregation or other L2/L3 protocols. The Port Aggregator feature is only available when the switch is operating in Simple mode, which is disabled by default. From the Dell CLI Setup Wizard, you can select the operational mode as "Simple mode" or "Normal mode". In addition, users with privilege level 15 can change the mode via the CLI/Web/SNMP user interfaces. A Trap identified by "operationalModeChangeTrap" is issued when the SNMP user changes the operational mode. Overview Port Aggregator is simple to configure. If internal port(s) are mapped to multiple external ports for bandwidth/high availability, these external ports will automatically be configured as an LACP trunk group (if the Aggregator Group is configured to enable LACP automatically). All connectivity mapping is done through a simplified user interface. Port Aggregator is completely interoperable. Dynamic (via LACP) and static LAGs are supported. Figure 3-4 illustrates the default condition on a standalone PowerConnect M6220 with Port Aggregator enabled. Switching Configuration 51

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Port Aggregator
The Port Aggregator feature minimizes the administration required for managing the blade-centric
switch blades. This feature provides administrators the ability to map internal ports to external ports
without having to know anything about STP, VLANs, Link Aggregation or other L2/L3 protocols.
The Port Aggregator feature is only available when the switch is operating in Simple mode, which is
disabled by default. From the Dell CLI Setup Wizard, you can select the operational mode as "Simple
mode" or "Normal mode". In addition, users with privilege level 15 can change the mode via the
CLI/Web/SNMP user interfaces.
A Trap identified by "operationalModeChangeTrap" is issued when the SNMP user changes the operational mode.
Overview
Port Aggregator is simple to configure. If internal port(s) are mapped to multiple external ports for
bandwidth/high availability, these external ports will automatically be configured as an LACP trunk
group (if the Aggregator Group is configured to enable LACP automatically). All connectivity mapping is
done through a simplified user interface.
Port Aggregator is completely interoperable. Dynamic (via LACP) and static LAGs are supported.
Figure 3-4 illustrates the default condition on a standalone PowerConnect M6220 with Port Aggregator
enabled.