Hi,
I am trying to understand how to configure LACP between my company’s Aruba controllers and wired network switches, and have a few questions.
The ArubaOS 6.4 user guide says that the following values are used when configuring LACP on a group of ports.
- LACP Group—The link aggregation group (LAG) number; range is 0 to 7
- Mode—Active negotiation state or not in an active negotiation state indicated by the passive
- Priority—The port priority value; range is 1 to 65535 Default 255
- Timeout—Time out value for the LACP session; Long, the default, is 90 seconds; short is 3 seconds
As I understand it the first two values: (LACP Group & Mode) are defined manually when adding LACP the ports you wish to include in a LAG.
Example:
# Config t
# interface gigabitethernet 1/0
lacp group 0 mode active
# write mem
# exit
The second two values: (Priority & Timeout) have a range of values that can be set, but also have defined default values.
Question:
Am I required to manually configure the Priority and Timeout values when I configure the ports, or is it acceptable to just add the single line lacp group and mode line to each interface?
…If so my config would look like this: (where no Priority and Timeout Values are seen in the config)
interface gigbitethernet 1/0
description "GE1/0"
trusted vlan 1-4094
lacp group 0 mode active
!
interface gigbitethernet 1/1
description "GE1/1"
trusted vlan 1-4094
lacp group 0 mode active
!