- Enterasys Standalone Switch Installation Guide

N Standalone Series Installation Guide 2-1
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Network Requirements
Beforeinstallingthemodule,reviewtherequirementsandspecificationsreferredtoin
thischapterconcerningthefollowing:
Thenetworkinstallationmustmeettherequirementstoensuresatisfactoryperformance
ofthisequipment.Failuretodosowillproducepoornetworkperformance.
Link Aggregation
LinkAggregationisamethodofgroupingmultiplephysicalportsonanetworkdevice
intoonelogicallinkaccordingtotheIEEE802.3ad‐2002standard.BecauseLink
Aggregationisstandardsbased,itpermitsautomaticconfigurationwithmanual
overrides(ifapplicable),andcanoperateon10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbps
Ethernet
fullduplexports.So,youcancombineagroupoffive100Mbpsportsinalogicallink
(trunk)thatfunctionsasasingle500Mbpsport.Aslongasthe2G4072‐52acceptswhich
portsareinthetrunk,therearenoproblemswithlooping,and theSpanning
Treecantreat
thistrunkasasingleport.
Innormalusage(andtypicalimplementations)thereisnoneedtoenable/disableportsfor
LinkAggregation.Thedefaultvalueswillresultinthemaximumnumberofaggregations
possible.Iftheswitchisplacedinaconfigurationwithitspeersnotrunningthe
protocol,
noaggregationswillbeformedandthe2G4072‐52willfunctionnormally(thatis,
SpanningTreewillblockredundantpaths).
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Link Aggregation 2-1
10BASE-T Network 2-2
100BASE-TX Network 2-2
1000BASE-SX/SX+/LX Network 2-2
1000BASE-T Network 2-2
Note: The Enterasys Matrix N Standalone Series Configuration Guide and the Cabling
Guide referred to in the following sections can be found on the Enterasys Networks World
Wide Web site: http://www.enterasys.com/