3com 2928 User Guide
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Field/button
Description
Inactive Reason
Reason code indicating why a port is inactive (that is, unselected) for
receiving/transmitting user data. For the meanings of the reason codes,
see the bottom of the page shown in
Partner Port
Name of the peer port
Partner Port State
State information of the peer port, represented by letters A through H.
z
A indicates that LACP is enabled.
z
B indicates that LACP short timeout has occurred. If B does not
appear, it indicates that LACP long timeout has occurred.
z
C indicates that the link is considered as aggregatable by the sending
system.
z
D indicates that the link is considered as synchronized by the sending
system.
z
E indicates that the sending system considers that collection of
incoming frames is enabled on the link.
z
F indicates that the sending system considers that distribution of
outgoing frames is enabled on the link.
z
G indicates that the receive state machine of the sending system is
using the default operational partner information.
z
H indicates that the receive state machine of the sending system is in
the expired state.
Oper Key
Operational key of the local port
describes the fields in the Partner Port Details table
Table 1-8
Fields in the Partner Port Details table
Field
Description
Unit
Number of the remote system
Port
Name of the remote port
Partner ID
LACP priority and MAC address of the remote system
Partner Port Priority
LACP priority of the remote port
Partner Oper Key
Operational key of the remote port
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Link Aggregation and LACP Configuration Example
Network requirements
As shown in
, Switch A and Switch B are connected to each other through their Layer 2
Ethernet ports GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 through GigabitEthernet 1/0/3.
Aggregate the ports on each device to form a link aggregation group, thus balancing incoming/outgoing
traffic across the member ports.
Aggregate the ports on each device to form a link aggregation group, thus balancing incoming/outgoing
traffic across the member ports.