Link aggregation allows the switch to treat multiple physical links between two end-points as a single logical link. All the physical links in a given LAG must operate in full-duplex mode at the same speed. LAGs can be used to directly connect two switches when the traffic between them requires high bandwidth and reliability, or to provide a higher-bandwidth connection to a public network. Management functions treat a LAG as if it were a single physical port. You can include a LAG in a VLAN. You can configure more than one LAG for a given switch.
LAGs offers the following benefits:
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- Better use of physical resources. Traffic can be load-balanced across the physical links.
- Increased bandwidth. The aggregated physical links deliver higher bandwidth than each individual link.
- Incremental increase in bandwidth. A physical upgrade could produce a tenfold increase in bandwidth; LAG produces a two- or fivefold increase, useful if only a small increase is needed.
This article applies to the following managed switches and their respective firmware:
- M5300 - firmware version 10.0.0.x
- M5300-28G (GSM7228S)
- M5300-5G (GSM7252S)
- M5300-28G3 (GSM7328Sv2h2)
- M5300-52G3 (GSM7352Sv2h2)
- M5300-28G_POE+ (GSM7228PSv1h2)
- M5300-52G-POE+ (GSM7252PSv1h2)
- M5300-28GF3 (GSM7328FSv2)
- M4100 - firmware version 10.0.1.x
- M4100-26G (GSM7224v2h2)
- M4100-50G (GSM7248v2h2)
- M4100-26G-POE (GSM7226Pv1h1)
- M4100-50G-POE+ (GSM7248Pv1h1)
- M4100-26G-POE (FSM7226Pv1h1)
- M4100-50-POE (FSM7250Pv1h1)
- M4100-D12G (GSM5212v1h1)
- M4100-D10-POE (FSM5210Pv1h1)
- M7100 - firmware version 10.0.1.x
- M7100-24X (XSM7224)
Last Updated:07/16/2022 | Article ID: 21632
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