Link Aggregation Creation and Troubleshooting Steps of Asustor AS6512RD

Link Aggregation Creation and Troubleshooting Steps of Asustor AS6512RD

Create Link Aggregation on Asustor AS6512RD

Steps to Create Link Aggregation
  1. Login to your asustor device 
  2. Go to Setting > Network > Network Interface > Add > Create Link Aggregation 

  1. Select an aggregation mode from the drop-down list.


    1. Round-Robin: Transmits packets in sequential order from the first available connection to the next. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.
    2. Active Backup: Only one connection is active. A different connection becomes active if, and only if, the active connection fails. The aggregated MAC address is externally visible on only one port (network adapter) to avoid confusing the switch. This mode provides fault tolerance.
    3. XOR: Transmits based on the default simple transmit hash policy. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance. This mode supports Static Link Aggregation.
    4. Broadcast: Transmits everything on all connections. This mode provides fault tolerance.
    5. 802.3ad (IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation): Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all connections in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification. You will need a switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad dynamic link aggregation. This mode provides fault tolerance and load balancing.
    6. Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing: Does not require any special switch support. The outgoing traffic is distributed according to the current load (computed relative to the speed) on each connection. Incoming traffic is received by the current connection. If the receiving connection fails, another connection takes over the MAC address of the failed receiving connection. This mode provides fault tolerance.
    7. Adaptive Load Balancing: Includes transmit load balancing plus receive load balancing for IPV4 traffic and does not require any special switch support. The receive load balancing is achieved by ARP negotiation. This mode provides fault tolerance and load balancing.
  1. Provide the IP

  1. Click on Finish to complete

Troubleshooting Steps

If you unable to achieve speed, please check below setup.
Check the below devices compatibility
  1. Check the server compatibility, server and Asustor storage device must have same transfer speed or can have greater speed.
  2. Also check the medium (Ethernet cable, Fiber ), cables must have equal or greater than data transfer .
  3. Check the list below mentioning cat cables capability

Category

Max. Data Rate

Bandwidth

Max. Distance

Usage

Category 1

1 Mbps

0.4 MHz

Telephone and modem lines

Category 2

4 Mbps

4 MHz

LocalTalk & Telephone

Category 3

10 Mbps

16 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

10BaseT Ethernet

Category 4

16 Mbps

20 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

Token Ring

Category 5

100 Mbps

100 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

100BaseT Ethernet

Category 5e

1 Gbps

100 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

100BaseT Ethernet, residential homes

Category 6

1 Gbps

250 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

Gigabit Ethernet, commercial buildings

10Gb at 37 m (121 ft.)

Category 6a

10 Gbps

500 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

Gigabit Ethernet in data centers and commercial buildings

Category 7

10 Gbps

600 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

10 Gbps Core Infrastructure

Category 7a

10 Gbps

1000 MHz

100 m (328 ft.)

10 Gbps Core Infrastructure

40Gb at 50 m (164 ft.)

Category 8

25 Gbps (Cat8.1)

2000 MHz

30 m (98 ft.)

25 Gbps/40 Gbps Core Infrastructure

40 Gbps (Cat8.2)