How to configure link aggregation lacp dgs151028 series. Activate the group id t1 and select the criteria srcdst mac. Theres still 2 links between the switch and the nas. Hi i bought a lgs308 as it stated link aggregation support in a hope to get a bit more network performance out of my nas. The synology drive supports link aggregation as long as your network switch does as well. To prevent problems during this setup, dont connect all cables that will use the link aggregation until you have finally completed this setup on all switches. I also used a a spare thunderbolt port to adapt a second gigabit connection on my imac then bonded those two interfaces on my imac to a virtual lacp enabled port. The setup of channel bonding was easy in both the switch and ex4. To display the lag membership page, click switching link aggregation lag membership in the navigation panel adding a port to a static lag. What is link aggregation and how does it benefit your. Port aggregation with synology nas on your nighthawk router.
Link aggregation sounds like an easy way to double your nas speeds but its not as simple as it sounds. How to set up nic teaming link aggregation pc gamer. Log into your nas and open the control panel, select network. Apr 08, 20 i just connected on my 12 mac mini server and it was surprisingly easy to set up. This assumes you already have some form of link aggregation and therefore, your network connection is referred to as bond 1. In this case, will the lag1 show the total link speed is 2gbps. Link agregation synology and dell optiplex networking. When it comes to networking, a wired connection is always the best one. This document describes the configuration of ethernet services, including configuring link aggregation, vlans, voice vlan, vlan mapping, qinq, gvrp, mac table, stprstpmstp, sep. Link aggregation is also referred to as port trunking, port teaming, ethernet trunking, and link bundling. Aggregation allows the drive to increase transfer speeds by using two simultaneous network connections to transfer files to the same host. Link aggregation is most useful when more that one device is connecting to your nas at the same time or you want seamless fail over. Click ok until all the configuration windows are gone.
The ports with the same admin key will be aggregated to the same group. Before i set up link aggregation on the synology server, i achieved a. First off get your mac addresses of your synology nas interfaces you want to configure, these can be found in the dsm web login under control panel info center network 2. My synology is connected to gigabit 037 and 038 on the cisco switch. Before i set up link aggregation on the synology server, i achieved a full gigabit per second of transfer speed when transferring from the raid 0 array to my desktop machines ssd. After setting up and installing dsm on your synology nas you can sign in using a browser on your computer.
Learn more each internal volume may consist of multiple drives is expandable up to 108tb. My synology is connected via 2 gigabit ports on my sg300 cisco switch. What is link aggregation and how do i set it up on my gs808e. I set up an aggregation of 3 ports to the synology and 3 ports to my imac with the builtin ethernet and 2 thunderbolt ethernet adapters. Repeat the steps above to install the other ssd module into the second slot, if needed. For stepbystep instructions to install dsm on your. Mar 23, 2017 check out todays tech news headlines at how to bond two network connection on a synology diskstation for better throughput. Link aggregation offers an inexpensive way to set up a highspeed backbone network that transfers much more data than any single port or device can deliver. Wol not working with dynamic link aggregation on synology nas. I have setup a link aggregation between 2 cisco sg300 network switch.
How to create link aggregation groups lags on dell. How to configure link aggregation on tplink wifi products. Apr 25, 2011 i at the juncture, the initial setup for the tplink tlsg3109 managed switch should be completed. How does the switch decide which link to send an ethernet frame down. In the subpopup window, select the interfaces that will be part of the link hold ctrl for multiple. Link aggregate group lag configuration on 200300 series. If the switches are connected between them, make sure there is only one link step 1 enter the web gui of the switch in this example, we have used 192. I had assign port 1 and port 2 both are gigabit port as a member of lag1. A link aggregation group lag is the collection of physical ports combined together. If you have a switch with a whole lot of gigabit ethernet ports, you can connect all of them to another device that also has a bunch of ports and balance the traffic among these links to improve performance.
Multiple vlans on synology diskstation waal70s corner. I set up an aggregation of 3 ports to the synology and 3 ports to my imac with the builtin ethernet and 2 thunderbolt ethernet adapter. The common ones are source and destination mac addresses and source and. I achieved, well, about 8090% of a full gigabit per second of transfer speed going from the raid 0 array to another desktops old ide drive. Choose the type of aggregation, and configure your ip address, etc. If a device supports ethernet aggregation, you can use the ethernet aggregate ports 1 and 2 to cable the device that. Traffic is distributed evenly over the physical links of the aggregation group. In ethernet, we have the rule that there cant be more than one way to get anywhere.
Clients are multiple mac s via cifs, kodi nfs, raumfeld cifs. Though they are covered in more detail later in this guide. Link aggregation also allows the networks backbone speed to grow incrementally as demand on the network increases, without having to replace everything and deploy new hardware. What options do you have with regard to link aggregation in the synology. If the switches are connected between them, make sure there is only one link step 1 enter the web gui of the switch. Diskstation manager dsm is a webbased operating system designed specifically for synology products. Synology nas models may utilize capacities over the maximum single volume size as long as each volume created is below the limit. Check port 10, 11, 12, designate an admin key 2 for these ports. It then dropped off the network and was inaccessible. Go into the network configuration control panel in your dsm admin pages. Configuring the unifi switches with a link aggregation group lag allows a unifi administrator to be able to expand the maximum throughput on a network path. With dsm, you quickly and easily accomplish the following on your synology nas. Depending on how link aggregation is set up in your network, the link supports either increased bandwidth a larger pipe through which more information can flow at one time or fault tolerance if one port fails, another one takes over. Link aggregation can also be set up with multiple nics between a server and a switch, which well leave to a future article.
I at the juncture, the initial setup for the tplink tlsg3109 managed switch should be completed. On the cisco, configure a lag group and assign the four ports to that group. How to configure lag port channel from the web gui. I group these types of link aggregation into two types. How to set up and get started with your synology nas. Link aggregation confusion the data center overlords. In computer networking, the term link aggregation refers to various methods of combining aggregating multiple network connections in parallel in order to increase throughput beyond what a single connection could sustain, and to provide redundancy in case one of the links should fail. Aug 18, 2017 link aggregation control protocol lacp is used to prioritize ports on a lag. Traditionally lag is a trunking technology that groups together multiple fullduplex ieee 802. Link aggregation lag is a mechanism used to aggregate physical interfaces or ports to create a logical entity called link bundle. In a nutshell, link aggregation or trunking, is the fine, delicate art of combining two or more physical ethernet links into a single logical link. I achieved, well, about 8090% of a full gigabit per second of transfer speed going from the raid 0. Link aggregation configuration s1720, s2700, s5700, and. A dynamic lag can have up to 16 ports of the same type but only 8 can be active at one time.
To ensure continue reading setting up lacp on synology nas and hp switches. Note that ethernet port aggregation is also referred to as link aggregation, teaming port, and port trunking. I have a 3tb time capsule 2012 mac mini 1 line connected from mini ethernet to tc 1 line connected from thunderbolt ethernet adaptor to tc open system prefs go to network click the sprocketdrop down menu and choose manage virtual interfaces. Linkaggregated 2gbps connection on synology diskstation. Ethernet aggregation lets you combine two gigabit ethernet ports to improve the aggregated file transfer speed. Dec 06, 2016 link aggregation is a way of bundling a bunch of individual ethernet links together so they act like a single logical link. Link aggregation control protocol lacp is a dynamically negotiated protocol that ensures that the lag configuration is compatible and viable on each endpoint. But, i would still point to the disk subsystem as a bottleneck. To use link aggregation, your ethernet cables must be connected to the same network switch and. It also provides redundancy in case one of the wired connection fails. To use link aggregation, your ethernet cables must be connected to the same network switch and your network switch must support link aggregation. Select interfaces bond 1 edit, and move over to the. Link aggregation control protocol lacp is used to prioritize ports on a lag. I just connected on my 12 mac mini server and it was surprisingly easy to set up.
The synology nas and the cisco switch both support lacp link aggregation control protocol. Connect the nas server to our product as we shown at. This happens whenever a tplink 24 port gige switch is connected to the router even if you dont go through it. The link aggregation feature, available on firmware version 200.
Configure the link aggregation function on the nas server. Enter model number to find the articles related product applications, faq and user experience. From the cisco switch gui,it is shown that the both port is an active member. Configure link aggregation in the synology first via control panel network. Im estimating about 35 in your environment it would add some value to setup link aggregation on that deskstation. Once finished, you can see the new interface in the network interface list. How to set up switch link aggregation smallnetbuilder. Nas responds to only 1 ip address and 1 mac address, therefore 1 bigger pipe. This document describes the configuration of ethernet services, including configuring link aggregation, vlans, voice vlan, vlan mapping, qinq, gvrp, mac table, stprstpmstp, sep, and so on.
Link aggregation control protocol lacp is a dynamically negotiated protocol that ensures that the lag configuration is. Here i am going through how to setup lacp port trunking for a synology nas device using hp switching. Select advanced applicationlink aggregationlink aggregation setting. One nas mac ip talking to one pc mac ip means only 1 link is used. I have configured lag management with lacp enable or disable but still failed. There is are also types of link aggregation that arent part of the 802. Link aggregation combines multiple physical interfaces into a single aggregated or, logical interface, providing increased bandwidth as well as link redundancy. The simplest form is to use the source and destination mac addresses to develop the hash. Plug in all four network cables from the synology into four ports on the switch. Cisco has a a multiport proprietary technology known as. When works with archer c2300, the link aggregation mode in nas shoule be static mode. Please help if any other setting that i may have missed out.
If your synology only has one interface, this will be referred to as lan. Sep 24, 2015 in a nutshell, link aggregation or trunking, is the fine, delicate art of combining two or more physical ethernet links into a single logical link. When a lag has more than 8 ports, the switch uses lacp port priority to determine which ports will become active. Is it possible to get 2 gbps with link aggregation. When one connection isnt enough however, link aggregation or bonding two network connections together can boost throughput. Ive never done it before with windows or mac, but i believe windows. Link aggregation on a switch allows your network devices to treat multiple ethernet links as if they were a single link. Log in to the web configuration utility and choose.
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