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GS700TR Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
3-6 Configuring Switching Information
v1.0, May, 2008
2. Click Add to update the switch with the values on this screen. If you want the switch to retain
the new values across a power cycle, you must perform a Save.
3. To remove a configured LAG (port channel), select it and click Delete. All ports that were
members of this LAG are removed from the LAG and included in the default VLAN.
4. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to the
latest value of the switch.
5. If you make any changes to this page, click Apply to send the updated configuration to the
switch. Configuration changes take effect immediately.
LAG Membership
Use the LAG Membership page to group one or more full duplex Ethernet links to be aggregated
together to form a link aggregation group (LAG), which is also known as a port-channel. The
switch can treat the port-channel as if it were a single link.
Table 3-3. LAG (Port Channel) Configuration Fields
Field Description
LAG Name Enter the name you want assigned to the LAG. You may enter any string
of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. A valid name has to be specified in
order to create the LAG
Description Enter the Description string to be attached to a LAG. It can be up to 64
characters in length.
LAG ID Identification of the LAG
Link Trap Specify whether you want to have a trap sent when link status changes.
The factory default is Enable, which will cause the trap to be sent.
Admin Mode Select Enable or Disable from the menu. When the LAG (port channel)
is disabled, no traffic will flow and LAGPDUs will be dropped, but the
links that form the LAG (port channel) will not be released. The factory
default is Enable.
STP Mode The Spanning Tree Protocol Administrative Mode associated with the
LAG. Possible values are Enable or Disable.
LAG Type Select Static or LACP. When the LAG is enabled, it does not transmit or
process received LAGPDUs, i.e. the member ports do not transmit
LAGPDUs and all the LAGPDUs it may receive are dropped. The default
is Static.
Active Ports A listing of the ports that are actively participating members of this Port
Channel. A maximum of 8 ports can be assigned to a port channel.
LAG State Indicates whether the link is Up or Down.