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Contents
1 Link ggregation Configuration Guide .................................................................................................. 4
1.1 Link ggregation Basics ................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 Link ggregation Support .............................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Link ggregation Numbers ............................................................................................................ 6
1.4 Link ggregation Defaults ............................................................................................................. 6
1.5 Static Link ggregation.................................................................................................................. 6
1.6 Dynamic Link ggregation - L CP ................................................................................................. 6
1.7 Creating Port Channels ................................................................................................................. 8
1.7.1 Creating Port Channel Interfaces .......................................................................................... 8
1.7.2 dding Member Ports to Port Channels ............................................................................... 9
1.8 Modifying Port Channels ............................................................................................................. 11
1.8.1 Modifying Port Channel Parameters ................................................................................... 11
1.8.2 Modifying Port Channel Member Ports .............................................................................. 11
1.9 Removing Port Channels ............................................................................................................. 14
1.10 L CP Parameters ......................................................................................................................... 15
1.10.1 L CP System Priority ........................................................................................................... 16
1.10.2 L CP Port Priority ................................................................................................................ 16
1.10.3 L CP Timeout ...................................................................................................................... 18
1.10.4 L CP Wait Time ................................................................................................................... 19
1.11 Load Balancing ............................................................................................................................ 20
1.12 Disabling Link ggregation Feature ............................................................................................ 22
1.13 Link ggregation Configuration Example .................................................................................... 23

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1Link Aggregation Configuration Guide
This document describes the Link ggregation feature supported in Supermicro Layer 2 / Layer 3 switch
products.
This document covers the Link ggregation configurations for the below listed Supermicro switch
Products.
The majority of this document applies to the above listed Supermicro switch products. In any particular
sub section however, the contents might vary across these switch product models. In those sections the
differences are clearly identified with reference to particular switch product models. If any particular
switch product model is not referenced, the reader can safely assume that the content is applicable to
all the above listed models.
Throughout this document, the common term “switch” refers to any of the above listed
Supermicro switch product models unless a particular switch product model is noted.
1.1 Link Aggregation Basics
The Link ggregation feature when helps connecting two or more physical links between two network
devices without forming loops. Link ggregation can be used between switches, servers and routers.
Link ggregation provides the following advantages:
Top of Rack Switches
• SSE-G24-TG4
• SSE-G48-TG4
• SSE-X24S
• SSE-X3348S
• SSE-X3348T
Blade Switches
• SBM-GEM-X2C
• SBM-GEM-X2C+
• SBM-GEM-X3S+
• SBM-XEM-X10SM

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⇒Increased bandwidth – User can connect up to eight physical links between devices to increase
the link bandwidth. When 1 Gbps links are aggregated, users can get an aggregated link with up
to 8 Gbps bandwidth . In 10Gig switches, user can aggregate eight 10Gig ports to get up to 80
Gbps speed aggregated uplink.
⇒Incremental bandwidth – Users can start aggregation with a fewer number of ports and then
increase the number of ports in aggregation (up to eight) incrementally based on the bandwidth
requirements.
⇒Redundancy - When one of the physical links fails, traffic will be distributed over the other
remaining links in the aggregation.
Figure LA-1: Link Aggregation
The terms
“p
ort channel
”, “channel g
roup
” and “ether c
hannels
”
are used synonymously to
refer to aggregated links.
1.2 Link Aggregation Support
Supermicro switches support both static and dynamic link aggregations. Dynamic link aggregation
support is based on the Link ggregation Control Protocol (L CP).
Supermicro switches support only Layer 2 level link aggregation. Hence, only switching ports can be
aggregated. Layer 3 interfaces cannot be aggregated in Supermicro switches.
Supermicro switches do not support the Multiple Chassis Link ggregation (ML G) feature.
Switch B
Switch A
Port channel 1
between switches
Ex 0/3
Ex 0/4
Gi 0/1
Gi 0/2
Port channel 2
between server
and switch

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1.3 Link Aggregation Numbers
Supermicro switches support up to 24 port channels.
Each port channel can have eight active links.
User
s
can
configure
more than
eight
ports to
a L CP mode port channel
.
However
,
a
maximum of eight ports only can be in an active bundle state in any port channel.
1.4 Link Aggregation Defau ts
The Link ggregation feature is enabled by default in Supermicro switches.
When a port channel interface is created, it will be added to VL N 1 by default.
Port channels use the M C address of the first physical link added to it.
The default L CP system priority is 32768.
The default L CP port priority is 128.
The default L CP timeout is long (30 seconds).
The default L CP wait time is 2 seconds.
1.5 Static Link Aggregation
Supermicro switches support static link aggregation.
User can add up to eight ports to a static port channel group. When the physical link status of one or
more ports in a channel group is up, that port channel status will be up. The port channel status will be
down when the ports physical link status of all members are down.
Switches do not exchange any port channel control information with other end devices in static link
aggregation. Hence, users need to configure the port channel groups and member ports correctly on
both end devices.
1.6 Dynamic Link Aggregation - LACP
Supermicro switches support dynamic link aggregation through IEEE 802.3ad Link ggregation Control
Protocol (L CP).

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Users can add one or more ports to an L CP mode port channel. When more than eight member ports
are configured, only the first eight member ports reaching “bundle” state will be used for data traffic.
Ports in L CP mode exchange L CP packets with other end device. The L CP system priority, switch
M C address, port L CP priority, port number and aggregation key are all exchanged between devices.
Based on the exchanged information, both end devices agree on the status of the member ports. The
member ports that successfully negotiated L CP parameters will be moved to the “bundle” state. The
member ports that could not reach agreement on L CP parameters will stay in the “independent” state.
Switches do not send traffic on member ports in “independent” state.
When one or more member ports reach the “bundle” state, the port channel status will be up. The port
channel status will be down when all its member ports are either physically down or in the
“ndependent” state.
Ports can be configured in either active or passive L CP mode. Ports in active L CP mode will initiate
L CP negotiation by sending L CP messages to the other end devices. Ports in passive L CP mode will
not initiate the L CP negotiation, but they will respond to L CP messages if received from other end
devices.
User
s
should configure
for an active
L CP mode
on
at least
one end of t
he L CP port
channel connection. If L CP mode is configured as passive on both end devices, the port
channel interface will not come up. Configuring L CP mode as active on both the end
devices is allowed.
Figure LA-2: Dynamic Link Aggregation
Switch B
Switch A
Port channel Configuration
on Switch A – ports 1 to 5
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
Port channel Configuration
on Switch B – ports 1 to 3
Bundle
Bundle
Bundle
Down
Independent
Port Status
Aggregated Ports
5
1

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Figure L -2: Dynamic Link ggregation shows an example of a port channel configuration with port
status and aggregated ports. In this example, port 5 is not configured on L CP mode on switch B, and is
therefore shown as being in the “independent” state and not part of the aggregated ports.
1.7 Creating Port Channe s
Port channel creation involves two steps: the first step is creating the port channel interfaces and the
second step is adding member ports to the port channel interfaces.
1.7.1 Creating Port Channe Interfaces
Follow the steps below to create port channel interfaces in Supermicro switches.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enter
s
the configuration mode
Step 2
inter ace port
-
channel
<
channel-group-number
>
or
no inter ace range port-channel <channel-group-
number>….
Create
s
a
port channel
using
“
inter ace
port—channel” command.
channel-group-number – may be any
number from 1 to 65535.
To configure multiple port channel
interfaces, use the “inter ace range …”
command. To provide a range, use a
hyphen (-) between the start and end
interface numbers.
E.g.: int range po 1-3
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g. : int range po 1, 2
Step 3
d
escription
<
string
>
Optional step
-
a
dd
s
any name string to
the port channel interfaces using the
description command.
The string may be up to 64 characters
in length.
The port channel description strings will
not affect the member ports
description strings configurations.
Step 4
mtu
<
framesize
>
Optional step
.
Configures the MTU for the port
channel interfaces.
framesize may be any number from
1500 to 9216. The default value is 1500.

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Port channel MTU will
be used
on
its
all
member ports.
Step 5
VL N Configurations
Optional step
–
configures the VL N
parameters for port channel interfaces.
Refer to the VL N configuration guide
for all VL N configuration details.
Step 6
Spanning Tree
Configurations
Optional step
–
configures the spanning
tree parameters for port channel
interfaces.
Refer to the spanning tree
configuration guide for all spanning
tree configuration details.
Step
7
end
Exit
s
the
c
onfiguration mode
.
Step
8
show inter ace port
-
channel
<channel-group-
number>
show etherchannel [[channel-group-number] {
detail | load-balance | port | por
t-channel | summary | protocol}]
D
isplay
s
the configured port channel
information.
Step
9
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
s
ave
s
this
port channel
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
1.7.2 Adding Member Ports to Port Channe s
Users can add up to eight member ports to static port channels. For L CP port channels, user can add
more than eight ports, but only the first eight member ports reaching a bundle state will be part of the
port channel for data transfer.
Only p
orts of sa
me speed
can be added to port channel
interfaces
.
Follow the steps below to add member ports to port channel interfaces.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enter
s
the configuration mode
Step 2
inter ace
<interface-type> <interface-id>
or
inter ace range <interface-type> <interface-id>
….
Enters the interface mode.
interface-type – may be any of the
following:
gigabitethernet – gi
extreme-ethernet – ex

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qx
-
ethernet
–
qx
interface-id is in slot/port format for all
physical interfaces.
To configure multiple interfaces, use
the “inter ace range …” command. To
provide a range, use a hyphen (-)
between the start and end interface
numbers.
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10, gi 0/20
Step 3
channel
-
group
<channel
-
group
-
number>
mode
{active | passive | on}
Configures the interfaces as member
ports for the given port channel.
channel-group-number – The port
channel to which these member ports
are added.
For L CP aggregation, use the active or
passive mode.
For static link aggregation, use mode
on.
Step
4
end
Exit
s
the
interface configuration mode
.
Step
5
show inter ace port
-
channel
<channel-group-
number>
show etherchannel [[channel-group-number] {
detail | load-balance | port | por
t-channel | summary | protocol}]
D
isplay
s
the configured port channel
information.
Step
6
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
s
ave
s
this
port channel
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
The MTU, VL N and
s
panning tree parameters of
a
port channel
interface
will be used on
its
member ports. fter adding a port to any port channel, users should not configure MTU,
VL N and spanning tree parameters on that port. Instead users should configure MTU, VL N
and spanning tree parameters on the port channel interfaces.
The examples below show various ways to create port channels.
Create an LACP port channel with member ports ex 0/1 and ex 0/2.

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SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# inter ace port-channel 10
SMIS(config-if)# exit
SMIS(config)# int range ex 0/1-2
SMIS(config-if)# channel-group 10 mode active
SMIS(config-if)# end
Create a static port channel having MTU 9000 with member ports ex 0/1 and ex 0/2. Also con igure
this port channel as a trunk inter ace to carry all the VLANs con igured in the switch.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# inter ace port-channel 10
SMIS(config-if)# mtu 9000
SMIS(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
SMIS(config-if)# exit
SMIS(config)# int range ex 0/1-2
SMIS(config-if)# channel-group 10 mode on
SMIS(config-if)# end
1.8 Modifying Port Channe s
1.8.1 Modifying Port Channe Parameters
fter a port channel is created, users can modify the port channel configuration for description, MTU,
VL N, and spanning tree parameters. Users should not modify these parameters on port channel
member ports directly. Instead, these parameters should be configured on port channel interfaces.
To modify port channel parameters, follow the same steps used to create the port channels as explained
in the Creating Port Channel Interfaces section.
The example below shows the steps to modify the parameters of a port channel interface.
Modi y port channel 10 as a trunk inter ace to allow VLANs 100 to 200 with a native VLAN 100.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# inter ace port-channel 10
SMIS(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
SMIS(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed vlan 100-200
SMIS(config-if)# switchport trunk native vlan 100
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.8.2 Modifying Port Channe Member Ports
Users can add or remove member ports to the existing port channels. Users can also modify the port
modes for member ports.

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1.8.2.1 Adding New Member Ports
To add new member ports to an existing port channel, follow the same steps explained in the dding
Member Ports to Port Channels section.
The example below shows the steps necessary to add a new member port to an existing port channel
interface.
Add port ex 0/3 to static port channel inter ace 10.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# int ex 0/3
SMIS(config-if)# channel-group 10 mode on
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.8.2.2 Removing Member Ports
Follow the steps below to remove member ports from the port channel interfaces.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enter
s
the configuration mode
Step 2
inter ace
<interface-type> <interface-id>
or
inter ace range <interface-type> <interface-id>
….
Enters the interface mode.
interface-type – may be any of the
following:
gigabitethernet – gi
extreme-ethernet – ex
qx-ethernet – qx
interface-id is in slot/port format for all
physical interfaces.
To configure multiple interfaces, use
the “inter ace range …” command. To
provide a range, use a hyphen (-)
between the start and end interface
numbers.
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10, gi 0/20
Step 3
no c
han
nel
-
group
Removes the member ports from the
port channel.
Step 4
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 5
show inter ace port
-
channel
<channel-group-
number>
show etherchannel [[channel-group-number] {
Displays the configured port channel
information.

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detail | load
-
balance | port | por
t-channel | summary | protocol}]
Step 6
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
save
s
this port channel
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
When a port is removed from
a
port channel,
that port
will be
added to VL N 1
automatically. The MTU and spanning tree configurations of that port will not be changed to
the default configurations automatically.
fter removing any port from a port channel, users must verify and change the port VL N,
MTU and spanning tree configurations as needed.
The example below shows the steps necessary to remove a member port from a port channel interface.
Remove port ex 0/3 rom port channel inter ace 10.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# int ex 0/3
SMIS(config-if)# no channel-group
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.8.2.3 Modifying Member Ports Mode
To modify the port channel mode (active / passive / on) for any member port, users should first remove
the port from the port channel using the “no channel-group” command. fter removing the port from
the port channel interface, the channel-group command can be configuredwith the required port mode.
Follow the steps below to change member ports mode.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enters the configuration mode
Step 2
inter ace
<interface-type> <interface-id>
or
inter ace range <interface-type> <interface-id>
….
Enters the interface mode.
interface-type – may be any of the
following:
gigabitethernet – gi
extreme-ethernet – ex
qx-ethernet – qx
interface-id is in slot/port format for all
physical interfaces.
To configure multiple interfaces, use
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provide a range, use a
hyphen
(
-
)
between the start and end interface
numbers.
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10, gi 0/20
Step 3
no c
hannel
-
group
Removes the member ports from the
port channel.
Step 4
channel
-
group
<channel
-
group
-
number>
mode
{active | passive | on}
Configures the interfaces as member
ports with the given port mode.
For L CP aggregation, use the active or
passive mode.
For static link aggregation, use the
mode on.
channel-group-number – The port
channel to which these member ports
are added.
Step 5
end
Exits the interface configuration mode.
Step 6
show inter ace port
-
channel
<channel-group-
number>
show etherchannel [[channel-group-number] {
detail | load-balance | port | por
t-channel | summary | protocol}]
Displays the configured port channel
information.
Step 7
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
save
s
this port channel
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
The example below shows the steps necessary to modify the member ports modes of a port channel
interface.
Modi y the member ports modes to active or ports ex 0/2 and ex 0/3.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# int range ex 0/2-3
SMIS(config-if)# no channel-group
SMIS(config-if)# channel-group 10 mode active
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.9 Removing Port Channe s
Follow the steps below to remove the port channel interfaces.

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Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enter
s
the configuration mode
Step 2
no
inter ace port
-
channel <
channel-group-
number>
or
no inter ace range port-channel <channel-group-
number>….
Removes the port channel interface.
channel-group-number – may be any
number from 1 to 65535.
To remove multiple port channel
interfaces, use the “no inter ace range
…” command. To provide a range, use a
hyphen (-) between the start and end
interface numbers.
E.g.: no int range po 1-3
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g. : no int range po 1, 2
Step 3
show running
-
con ig
show etherchannel
Displays the port channel information.
Step 4
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
saves this port channel
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
When a port channel is removed, all its member ports will be added to VL N 1
automatically. The MTU and spanning tree configurations of that port will not automatically
be changed to default configurations.
The example below shows the necessary steps to remove a port channel interface.
Remove the port channel 10 and add all its member ports to VLAN 10 as access ports.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# no int port-channel 10
SMIS(config)# inter ace range ex 0/1-2
SMIS(config-if)# switchport mode access
SMIS(config-if)# switchport access vlan 10
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.10 LACP Parameters
Users can configure the following L CP parameters on Supermicro switches.
L CP System Priority
L CP Port Priority
L CP Timeout

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L CP Wait Time
1.10.1 LACP System Priority
Every L CP device needs to have a globally unique system identifier. This globally unique system
identifier is formed by combining a switch’s M C address and L CP system priority.
L CP system priority is also used to decide the active member ports of a port channel. When more than
eight member ports are configured, the switch that has low system priority value decides the active
member ports. If both end devices have the same L CP system priority, the device with the numerically
lower M C address will get to decide the active member ports.
The default L CP system priority value is 32768.
Follow the steps below to modify the L CP system priority.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enter
s
the configuration mode
.
Step 2
lacp system
-
priority
<
system-priority
>
Configures the L CP system priority.
system-priority – may be any value
from 0 to 65535
Step 3
e
xit
Exit
s
the configuration mode
.
Step
4
show
running
-
con ig
Displays
the configure
d L CP
system
priority value.
Step
5
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
s
ave
s
this L CP
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
The “
no lacp system
-
priority
” command resets the L CP system priority to
the
default value
32768.
The example below shows the steps necessary to configure the L CP system priority value.
Set the LACP system priority as 1000.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# lacp system-priority 1000
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.10.2 LACP Port Priority
When more than eight member ports are configured, the ports that have the lowest port priority value
get selected as active member ports. If multiple ports have the same port priority value, the ports with
the numerically lower port numbers will be selected as the active member ports.

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The default L CP port priority is 128.
Follow the steps below to modify the L CP port priority.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enter
s
the configuration mode.
Step 2
inter ace
<interface-type> <interface-id>
or
inter ace range <interface-type> <interface-id>
….
Enters the interface mode.
interface-type – may be any of the
following:
gigabitethernet – gi
extreme-ethernet – ex
qx-ethernet – qx
interface-id is in slot/port format for all
physical interfaces.
To configure multiple interfaces, use
the “inter ace range …” command. To
provide a range, use a hyphen (-)
between the start and end interface
numbers.
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10, gi 0/20
Step 3
lacp
port
-
priority
<
port-priority
>
Configures the L CP
port
priority.
port-priority – may be any value from 0
to 65535
Step 4
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 5
show running
-
con ig
show etherchannel
Displays the configured port priority
information.
Step 6
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
saves this port
priority
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
The “
no lacp
port
-
priority
” command resets the L CP
port
priority to
the
default value
of
128.
The example below shows the steps necessary to configure the port priority.
Con igure the port priority as 10 or ex 0/1 and 20 or ex 0/2.

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SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# inter ace ex 0/1
SMIS(config-if)# lacp port-priority 10
SMIS(config-if)# exit
SMIS(config)# inter ace ex 0/2
SMIS(config-if)# lacp port-priority 20
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.10.3 LACP Timeout
Every L CP member port sends L CP messages periodically. The time period between L CP messages is
configurable using the “lacp timeout” command.
Users can define the L CP timeout value either as “long” or “short”. Every member port can have
different L CP timeout selections. lso, the L CP timeout selection does not need to match on both end
devices. n L CP port with a “long” timeout can be connected to a port which has a “short” timeout.
When the “long” timeout value is chosen, L CP messages are expected to be received once every 30
seconds. When the “short” timeout value is chosen, L CP messages are expected to be received once
every second.
The default L CP timeout is “long”.
Follow the steps below to modify the L CP timeout value.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enters the configuration mode.
Step 2
inter ace
<interface-type> <interface-id>
or
inter ace range <interface-type> <interface-id>
….
Enters the interface mode.
interface-type – may be any of the
following:
gigabitethernet – gi
extreme-ethernet – ex
qx-ethernet – qx
interface-id is in slot/port format for all
physical interfaces.
To configure multiple interfaces, use
the “inter ace range …” command. To
provide a range, use a hyphen (-)
between the start and end interface
numbers.
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10, gi 0/20
Step 3
lacp
timeout
{
long | short
}
Configures the L CP
port
timeout
.

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long – L CP messages are expected to
be received once every 30 seconds.
short – L CP messages are expected to
be received once every second.
Step 4
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 5
show running
-
con ig
show etherchannel
Displays the configured
port priority
information.
Step 6
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
saves this port
timeout
configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
The “
no lacp
timeout
” command resets the L CP
timeout
to
the
default value
of
“
long
”
.
The example below shows the steps necessary to configure the L CP timeout.
Con igure the LACP timeout as short or ports ex 0/1 and ex 0/2.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# inter ace range ex 0/1-2
SMIS(config-if)# lacp timeout short
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.10.4 LACP Wait Time
Switch waits for “L CP wait time” period before adding any member port in to aggregation.
The default L CP wait time period is two seconds.
Users can choose any time interval from 0 to 10 seconds as the L CP wait time. The L CP wait time is
port specific and users can configure different L CP wait times on different member ports.
Follow the steps below to modify the L CP wait time.
Step Command Description
Step 1
con igure terminal
Enters the configuration mode.
Step 2
inter ace
<interface-type> <interface-id>
or
inter ace range <interface-type> <interface-id>
….
Enters the interface mode.
interface-type – may be any of the
following:
gigabitethernet – gi
extreme-ethernet – ex
qx-ethernet – qx

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interface-id is in slot/port format for all
physical interfaces.
To configure multiple interfaces, use
the “inter ace range …” command. To
provide a range, use a hyphen (-)
between the start and end interface
numbers.
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g.: int range gi 0/1-10, gi 0/20
Step 3
lacp
wait
-
time
{
timeout
}
Configures the L CP
port
wait time
.
timeout – may be any value from 0 to
10 seconds.
Step 4
End
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 5
show running
-
con ig
show etherchannel
Displays the configured port priority
information.
Step 6
write startup
-
con ig
Optional step
–
saves this
L CP wait
time configuration to be part of startup
configuration.
The “
no
lacp
wait
-
time
” command resets the L CP
wait
t
ime
to
the
default value
of
“
2
”.
The example below shows the necessary steps to configure the L CP wait time.
Con igure the LACP wait time as 0 or ports ex 0/1 and ex 0/2.
SMIS# con igure terminal
SMIS(config)# inter ace range ex 0/1-2
SMIS(config-if)# lacp wait-time 0
SMIS(config-if)# exit
1.11 Load Ba ancing
Supermicro switches support load balancing on aggregated links.
Switches distribute outgoing traffic on all member ports that are in bundle state. The distribution
decision to transmit a packet on any particular member port is decided by a hash algorithm. Supermicro
switches support the following hash algorithms: