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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2006 page 12-1
12 Configuring Static Link
Aggregation
Alcatel’s static link aggregation software allows you to combine several physical links into one large
virtual link known as a link aggregation group. Using link aggregation can provide the following benefits:
• Scalability. You can configure up to 30 link aggregation groups that can consist of 2, 4, or 8 on a
single switch and 2, 4, 8, or 16 links in a stack.
• Reliability. If one of the physical links in a link aggregate group goes down (unless it is the last one)
the link aggregate group can still operate.
• Ease of Migration. Link aggregation can ease the transition from a 100 Mbps Ethernet backbones to
Gigabit Ethernet backbones.
Note. This chapter only covers static link aggregation for OmniSwitch 6600 Family switches. Please refer
to the OmniSwitch 7700/7800/8800 Network Configuration Guide for information on configuring static
link aggregation on OmniSwitch 7700, 7800, and 8800 switches and the OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network
Configuration Guide for OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches. These switches use different procedures and
have many different operating ranges.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes the basic components of static link aggregation and how to configure them through
the Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more
details about the syntax of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
• Configuring static link aggregation groups on page 12-7.
• Adding and deleting ports from a static aggregate group on page 12-9.
• Modifying static link aggregation default values on page 12-15.
Note. You can also configure and monitor static link aggregation with WebView, Alcatel’s embedded
web-based device management application. WebView is an interactive and easy-to-use GUI that can be
launched from OmniVista or a web browser. Please refer to WebView’s online documentation for more
information on configuring and monitoring static link aggregation with WebView.