Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Network Guide

OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide

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Alcatel-Lucent’s static link aggregation software allows you to combine several physical links into one 
large virtual link known as a link aggregation group. Using link aggregation provides the following bene-
fits:

• Scalability. It is possible to configure up to 32 link aggregation groups that consist of 2, 4, or 8 10-

Mbps, 100-Mbps, 1-Gbps, or 10-Gbps Ethernet links.

• Reliability. If one of the physical links in a link aggregate group goes down (unless it is the last one) 

the link aggregate group can still operate.

• Ease of Migration. Link aggregation can ease the transition from 100-Mbps Ethernet backbones to 

Gigabit Ethernet backbones. 

This chapter describes the basic components of static link aggregation and how to configure them through 
the Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more 
details about the syntax of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.

Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:

• Configuring static link aggregation groups on 

• Adding and deleting ports from a static aggregate group on 

.

• Modifying static link aggregation default values on 

.

Note. You can also configure and monitor static link aggregation with WebView, Alcatel-Lucent’s embed-
ded web-based device management application. WebView is an interactive and easy-to-use GUI that can 
be launched from OmniVista or a web browser. Please refer to WebView’s online documentation for more 
information on configuring and monitoring static link aggregation with WebView.