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• Provides Link Aggregation capability, as specified in IEEE 802.3ad
• Implements The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for automatic communication of aggregation capability between systems and automatic configuration of link aggregation
• Supports selection of links as "Standby" links, which is able to take part in aggregation upon failure of one of the active links in aggregation
• Supports Distribution Algorithm per Aggregator that selects a link for frame distribution
• Supports manual aggregation of links, which will enable the aggregation of multiple ports without the LACP
• Provides MIB support - Annexe 30C of IEEE 802.3ad through SNMP and CLI configuration
• Supports enabling/disabling Link Aggregation on specified ports
• Can be integrated with various switch hardware
• Provides flexible, easy-to-adapt interfaces with third party components
• Available in integrated form with other Aricent L2 protocols, such as RSTP/MSTP, VLAN, and PNAC
• Highly portable code, which uses flexible buffer and timer management libraries

Last updated : June 13, 2006