Users Guide

Network Administration: Spanning Tree and LAG 199
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– Admin Auto Negotiation — Enable/disable auto-negotiation, which is
a protocol between two link partners that enables a LAG to advertise
its transmission rate, duplex mode and flow control abilities to its
partner.
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Current Auto Negotiation — Displays the current auto-negotiation
setting.
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Admin Advertisement — If auto-negotiation is enabled, select the
auto-negotiation setting the LAG advertises. The possible options are:
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Max Capability — All LAG speeds and Duplex mode settings are
accepted.
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10 F — The LAG advertises for a 10 Mbps speed LAG and full
duplex mode setting.
•
100 F — The LAG advertises for a 100 Mbps speed LAG and full
duplex mode setting.
•
1000 F — The LAG advertises for a 1000 Mbps speed LAG and
full duplex mode setting.
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Current Advertisement — Displays the speed that the LAG advertises
to its neighbor LAG to start the negotiation process. The possible field
values are those specified in the
Admin Advertisement field.
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Neighbor Advertisement — Displays the neighboring LAG
advertisement settings. The field values are identical to the
Admin
Advertisement
field values.
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Admin Flow Control — Enable/disable flow control on the LAG.
Flow Control mode is effective on the ports operating in Full Duplex
in the LAG. The possible options are:
•
Enable — Enables flow control on the LAG (default).
•
Disable — Disables flow control on the LAG.
•
Auto Negotiation — Enables the auto-negotiation of flow control
on the LAG.
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Current Flow Control — Displays the current Flow Control setting.
LACP Parameters
Configuring LACP LAGs involves configuring LACP global and port
parameters, such as LACP system priority, timeout, and port priority.