Configure Aggregated Ethernet Interfaces in Concerto

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You can configure aggregated Ethernet interfaces on an appliance. An aggregated Ethernet interface comprises two or more Ethernet interfaces that act as one virtual interface. An aggregated Ethernet interface can increase overall throughput and provide redundancy in case one of the links fails.

Aggregated Ethernet interfaces are labeled as ae.

You can control the bundling of several physical links to form a single logical link using the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). LACP allows a network device to negotiate an automatic bundling of links by sending LACP packets to their peer, a directly connected device that also implements LACP. LACP operates in one of two modes:

• Active—Enable LACP unconditionally.
• Passive—Enable LACP only when an LACP device is detected.

To configure an aggregated Ethernet interface on an existing appliance:

1. In Tenant view, go to Configure > Profile Elements > Policy Elements > Device > Interface.
   
   
    
2. Click + Interface in the Interface screen.
   
   
    
3. In the Create Interface screen, under the General tab, enter information for the following fields.
   
   
   
    

   Field	Description
   Name	Enter a name for the aggregated Ethernet interface.
   Type	Select Physical as the interface type.
   Enabled	Click the slide bar to Enabled to enable the interface.
   Category	Select the category: LAN Subtenant LAN
   Subcategory	Select AE. To create subinterfaces, select AE Subinterface.
   Location	Select an AE interface.
   VLAN ID	(Optional.) Enter a VLAN ID. Range: 0 through 4094; for Layer 2 interfaces, the range is 1 through 4094. Default: None
   Subtenant	For the subtenant LAN category, select a subtenant.
   LACP (Group of Fields)	For the LAN interfaces category.
   Mode	Click the slider bar to select the LACP) mode: Active—Interface actively transmits LACP PDUs on the configured links. Passive—Interface does not actively transmit LACP PDUs, but does send LACP PDUs when it receives LACP PDUs from an active interface.
   Priority	Enter an LACP priority number. Range: 1 through 65535 Default: 127
   Periodic	Click the slider bar to select how often to send LACP PDUs: Fast—Send LACP PDUs every second. Slow—Send LACP PDUs every 30 seconds.
   Maximum Links	Enter the maximum number of Ethernet links in the aggregated Ethernet interface. Range: 1 through 16 Default: 16
   Member Ports	Select the member ports in the aggregated Ethernet interface.
   Link (Group of Fields)
   Speed	Select the link speed: Auto 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1 Gbps 10 Gbps 40 Gbps 100 Gbps
   Mode	Select the link mode: Auto Duplex Half Duplex Full Duplex
   MTU	Enter the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for the link. Range: 72 through 9000 Default: None
   Tags	(Optional.) Enter one or more tags. A tag is an alphanumeric text descriptor with no spaces or special characters. You can specify multiple tags added for the same object. The tags are used for searching the objects.

4. Click Next, or click the Permissions tab and revise the permissions as desired.
5. Click Save.