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1.2.3 Aggregation
The APS Series switches support two types of link aggregation, Static Trunk and LACP. Static Trunk is a
non-protocol based aggregation method where the connections are determined via source and
destination MAC Addresses. LACP is an IEEE standardized protocol used to aggregate ports. Because
it is an IEEE standard LACP trunking or aggregation can be used across multi-vendor equipment.
By Aggregating ports between two devices this allows the bandwidth to be increased. For example if
we aggregate 3 Gigabit Ports, the link between the two devices is increased to a 3Gb.
1.2.3-1 Static Trunk
This section is used to configure the static trunk settings. Here you will determine the method used
to create the static trunk and also create your aggregation groups.
Ports using Static Trunk as their trunk method can choose their unique Static Group ID to form a
logic “trunked port”. The benefit of using the Static Trunk method is that a port can immediately
become a member of a trunk group without any handshaking with its peer port. This is also a
disadvantage because the peer ports of your static trunk group may not know that they should be
aggregated together to form a “logical trunked port”. Using Static Trunk on both ends of a link is
strongly recommended. Both devices must be configured to use the same speed and duplex settings.
Web Interface
To configure the Static Trunk settings via the Web Interface:
1. Click Configuration, Aggregation and Static Trunk.
2. Select the type of method used to initiate the trunk.
3. Create the trunk group using the radio buttons in the table. Each Group ID is an individual
trunk group, add the required ports into the desired trunk group.
4. Click the Apply button to save your changes or the Reset button to revert to previous
settings.