Allied Telesis AT-2916SX Network Card User Manual


 
Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide
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Basically, generic link aggregation mode is a "light" version of the 802.3ad
link aggregation and is often referred to as 802.3ad static. This approach
is much simpler because there is not a formalized link aggregation control
protocol. As with the other modes, the creation of teams and the allocation
of physical adapters to various teams is done statically via user
configuration software.
Trunking supports load balancing and failover for both the outbound and
inbound traffic.
Smart Load
Balance Auto-
Failback Disable
This team is almost identical to Smart Load Balance and Failover with one
exception. If a primary member comes back on line when the standby
member is active, the team continues using the standby member rather
than switching to the primary member.