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DFE-Platinum Series Hardware Installation Guide 2-1

Network Requirements

Thischapterprovidesinformationconcerningthenetworkrequirementsthatmustbemetto

ensureasatisfactoryperformancefromtheDFEmodule.Theinformationconsistsofthe

following:

Link Aggregation

LinkAggregationisamethodofgroupingmultiplephysicalportsonanetworkdeviceintoone

logicallinkaccordingtotheIEEE802.3ad‐2002standard.BecauseLinkAggregationisstandards

based,itallowsforautomaticconfigurationwithmanualoverrides(ifapplicable),andcanoperate

on10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000

MbpsEthernetfullduplexports.Thusthenetworkadministrator

cancombineagroupoffive100Mbpsportsintoalogicallink(trunk)thatfunctionsasasingle500

Mbpsport.Aslongasthemodulesagreeonwhichportsareinthetrunk,therearenoproblems

withlooping,

andtheSpanningTreecantreatthistrunkasasingleport.

Innormalusage(andtypicalimplementations)thereisnoneedtoenable/disableportsforLink

Aggregation.Thedefaultvalueswillresultinthemaximumnumberofaggregationspossible.If

theswitchisplacedinaconfigurationwithitspeers

notrunningtheprotocol,noaggregations

willbeformedandthemoduleswillfunctionnormally(thatis,SpanningTreewillblock

redundantpaths).

FordetailsaboutthecommandsinvolvedwithconfiguringtheLinkAggregationfunction,referto

theEnterasysMatrixDFE‐PlatinumSeriesConfigurationGuide.

For information about... Refer to page...

Link Aggregation 2-1

10BASE-T Network 2-2

100BASE-TX Network 2-2

1000BASE-T Network 2-2

Note: The Enterasys Matrix DFE-Platinum Series Configuration Guide and the Cabling Guide

referred to in the following sections can be found on the Enterasys Networks World Wide Web site:

http://www.enterasys.com/support/manuals

Refer to “Related Documents” on page xii for more information.

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