American Fibertek SM9p - Manual (Page 68)

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9. To view the State of Ports, select <Refresh> to get the current ports state
information.
Port Control Configuration interface
Trunk Configuration
The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) provides a standardized means for
exchanging information between Partner Systems on a link to allow their Link Aggregation
Control instances to reach agreement on the identity of the Link Aggregation Group to
which the link belongs, move the link to that Link Aggregation Group, and enable its
transmission and reception functions in an orderly manner. Link aggregation lets you
group up to nine consecutive ports into a single dedicated connection. This feature can
expand bandwidth to a device on the network. LACP operation requires full-duplex