Table of Contents

1. Overview<br>2. Normative references<br>3. Definitions<br>4. Acronyms and abbreviations<br>5. Conformance<br>6. Link Aggregation<br>7. Management<br>8. Frame distribution and collection algorithms<br>9. Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect<br>Annex A (normative) - Protocol Implementation Conformance<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Statement (PICS) proforma<br>Annex B (informative) - Collection and distribution algorithms<br>Annex C (informative) - LACP standby link selection and dynamic<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Key management<br>Annex D (normative) - SMIv2 MIB definitions for Link Aggregation<br>Annex E (informative) - Distributed Bridge<br>Annex F (normative) - Link Layer Discovery Protocol TLVs<br>Annex G (normative) - Network/IPL sharing by time - MAC<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Address synchronization

Abstract

Describes protocols, procedures, and managed objects that allow the following: - One or more parallel instances of full-duplex point-to-point links to be aggregated together to form a Link Aggregation Group (LAG), such that a MAC Client can treat the LAG as if it were a single link; and - A resilient interconnect using multiple full-duplex point-to-point links among one to three nodes in a network and one to three nodes in another, separately administered, network, along with a means to ensure that frames belonging to any given service will use the same physical path in both directions between the two networks.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	British Standards Institution
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Committee	IST/6