Link Aggregation Group Configuration

(IEEE 802.3ad)

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Agenda
Agenda

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Static LAG guidelines

1. Only traffic ports (including radio port) can belong to a LAG
2. Management ports / WSC ports cannot be grouped in a LAG
3. LAG is supported in IDUs configured as Managed or Metro switch
4. LAG is not supported in a Single Pipe mode
5. All ports in a LAG must be in the same IDU (same switch)
6. There may be up to 3 LAGs per IDU
7. A LAG may contain from 1 to 5 physical ports

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Static LAG guidelines (continued)

8. LAGs are virtual ports that do not permanently exist in the system
9. When a LAG is created, it will automatically inherit all the ports
characteristics, except for the following:

xSTP role (edge, non-edge)

path cost
10. The LAG will initially receive default values for these parameters
11. Dynamic Link Aggregation (LACP) is not supported

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Grouping ports in LAG

Ports 1-2 (GBE ports) and ports 3-7 (FE only ports) cannot be in the same LAG
group even if the GBE ports are configured as 100Mbps.

GbE
1

FE
3

GbE
6

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Grouping ports in LAG (continued)

Radio port (port 8) may be in a LAG with the GBE ports only

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1

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Configuring LAG
The following settings must be identical on all LAG ports
(Port(s) with different settings will not be added to the LAG)

QoS configuration (Classification Criteria, Port ReMap table, Egress Scheduler)

Speed (data rate)
Type (access/trunk or CN/PN)
interface (electrical/optical)
Full Duplex
Auto-Negotiation
VLANs
VLAN list must be identical
allow all is considered a different value (must be equal in all ports)
Port Learning State
Please note - ports with CFM MEP/MIPs will not be added to a LAG (which
may have its own MEP/MIPs).

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Configuring LAG (continued)

The following parameters CANNOT be configured on ports that are already
grouped in a LAG:

Admin status
Flow control
Ingress rate limiting Policer name
Shaper (egress rate limiting)
Peer port parameters
MAC address
IP address
Slot ID
Port number
Description
:

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Removing a Port from LAG

Ports removed from a LAG will keep the existing port parameters, but will
be initially disabled in order to prevent loops.

In addition, when the last port is removed from a LAG, the LAG will be
deleted.

Therefore it is necessary to remove all MEP/MIPs from a LAG before

removing the last port.

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EMS Configuration

Setting Load Balance Policy

Open page:
Configuration / Ethernet Switch
Select Simple XOR or HASH
Create VLAN(s) per service(s) in
the switch DB (if such VID do not
exist yet)

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Selecting ports to LAG

Open page: Configuration / Interfaces / Ethernet Ports
Click on LAG Configuration and select the LAG ports and group ID

Available ports highlight in blue when selected

Non-available ports (part of an existing LAG) are not configurable

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Example
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5.
6.

We generate a data stream through GbE SFP port 1 of both lower IDUs
Port 2 & 8 form a LAG on both sites
Upper IDUs are set as Pipe
Traffic will be evenly distributed among the radio ports
Assign Radio license > Line rate
Clear all PM data
50
%
1

50
%

Data stream
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Data stream

Using RMON (PM) to analyze LAG

Make note of received &
transmitted traffic through port 1
Please note:
Slight differences may appear
since EMS is a web based
application and data is
accumulating

Data stream
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Using RMON (PM) to analyze LAG

Check the received & sent
registers of port 1 and LAG
ports:
Data received on Port 1 is
equally distributed through
Port 2 and Port 8

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Using RMON (PM) to analyze LAG

Disconnect the ETH cable
connecting lower IDU to
upper IDU (port 2)
LAG port 2 does not
transmit data now
Port 8 takes 100% of data
transmission

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