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IEEE Std 802.1AX-2008 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks Link Aggregation IEEE 3 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016-5997, USA 3 November 2008 IEEE Computer Society Sponsored by the LAN/MAN Standards Committee 802.1AX TM Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- IEEE Std 802.1AX-2008 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks Link Aggregation Sponsor LAN/MAN Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society Approved 26 September 2008 IEEE-SA Standards Board Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5997, USA Copyright © 2008 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved. Published 3 November 2008. Printed in the United States of America. IEEE and 802 are registered trademarks in the U.S. Patent +1 978 750 8400. Permission to photocopy portions of any individual standard for educational classroom use can also be obtained through the Copyright Clearance Center. Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- ivCopyright © 2008 IEEE. All rights reserved. Introduction The majority of the content of this standard is from IEEE Std 802.3 where it was originally developed as the amendment project IEEE P802.3ad. Management information is from Clause 30 with the bulk of the functionality from Clause 43 and its annexes. 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Errata Errata, if any, for this and all other standards can be accessed at the following URL: http:/ standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/updates/errata/index.html. Users are encouraged to check this URL for errata periodically. This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.1AX-2008, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area NetworksLink Aggregation. Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- Copyright © 2008 IEEE. All rights reserved.v Interpretations Current interpretations can be accessed at the following URL: http:/standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/interp/ index.html. 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Participants The following individuals were officers and members of the IEEE 802.3 working group at the beginning of the working group ballot. Individuals may have not voted, voted for approval, disapproval or abstained on this standard. Robert M. Grow, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Chair, IEEE 802.3ax Task Force Editor David J. Law, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Vice-Chair, IEEE 802.3ax Task Force Chair Wael William Diab, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Secretary Steven B. Carlson, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Executive Secretary Bradley Booth, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Treasurer John Abbott Joe Abler Taufique Ahmed Youichi Akasaka Arne Alping Michael Altman Pete Anslow Joseph N. Babanezhad Jim Barnette Hugh Barrass Scott Barrick Howard Baumer Denis Beaudoin Michaël Beck Christian Beia Michael Bennett Ralf-Peter Braun Dave Brearley Matt Brown Phillip Brownlee Robert Brunner Robert Busse Jeffrey Cain J. Martin Carroll Mandeep Chadha David Chalupsky Frank Chang Luke Chang George Claseman Terry Cobb James Collum David Cunningham Fumio Daido John Dallesasse Yair Darshan Piers Dawe Bill Delveaux Joe DeNicholas Claudio DeSanti Suveer Dhamejani Chris Di Minico Thomas Dineen Thuyen Dinh Dan Dove Mike Dudek Marcus Duelk Joseph E. Dupuis Frank J. Effenberger Daniel Feldman Thomas Fischer Alan Flatman Howard M. Frazier Richard Frosch Ilango S. Ganga Ali Ghiasi Sajol Ghoshal Russ Gyurek Marek Hajduczenia Brian Holden Keith Hopwood Walter K. Hurwitz John Jaeger John Jetzt Wenbin Jiang Andrew C. Jimenez Chad Jones Thomas K. Jørgensen Shinkyo Kaku Boris Katzenberg Tatsuya Kawashimo Mitsunobu Kimura David J. Koenen Paul Kolesar Derek Koonce Glen Kramer Jan Krellner Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- viCopyright © 2008 IEEE. All rights reserved. Historical participants Included is a historical list of participants from the IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.1 Working Groups who have dedicated their valuable time, energy, and knowledge to the creation of IEEE Std 802.3ad-2000 Link Aggre- gation amendment from which this standard is derived. Geoffrey O. Thompson, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Chair David J. Law, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Vice Chair Robert M. Grow, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Secretary Steven R. Haddock, Chair, IEEE P802.3ad Task Force Tony Jeffree, Co-editor, IEEE P802.3ad Task Force Rich Seifert, Co-editor, IEEE P802.3ad Task Force Hans Lackner D. Matthew Landry Daun Langston Jeff Lapak Ferdinando Lari Dong-Soo Lee Worayot Lertniphonphun Robert Lingle, Jr. Jeffrey Lynch Eric R. Lynskey Jeff Mandin Arthur Marris Thomas Mathey Mike McConnell Michael S. McCormack Richard Y. Mei Richard Mellitz Tremont Miao Charles Moore Andy Moorwood Wayne A. Mueller Toshiaki Mukojima Shimon Muller Gary Nicholl Shinji Nishimura Ron Nordin Bob Noseworthy Mark Nowell Steven O'Hara Satoshi Obara Gourgen Oganessyan Bengt-Erik Olsson Akihiro Otaka George Oulundsen, III Tom Palkert Tim Parker Glenn Parsons Martin Patoka Arkadiy Peker Petar Pepeljugoski John Picard Petre Popescu Carl R. Posthuma Rick Rabinovich Prakash Radhakrishnan Duane Remein Steve Robbins Valerie Rybinski Naoto Saeki Ramesh Sastry Olindo Savi T. Shannon Sawyer Fred Schindler Peter Schoenmaker Lee Sendelbach Shoichiro Seno Masayuki Shigematsu Larry Shorthill Andrew Smith Fulvio Spagna Clay Stanford Ken-ichi Suzuki Steve Swanson Andre Szczepanek Akira Takahashi Noriyuki Takeda Motoyuki Takizawa Keiji Tanaka Tsutomu Tatsuta Vivek Telang Geoffrey O. Thompson Peter Tomaszewski Hidehiro Toyoda Stephen J. Trowbridge Shinji Tsuji Brad Turner Kiyoshi Uematsu Sterling A. Vaden Magesh Valliappan Schelto van Doorn Anoop Vetteth Chenxi Wang Bill Woodruff Hajime Yamashita Yinglin (Frank) Yang Bin Yeong Yoon George Zimmerman Oscar Agazzi Don Alderrou Abe Ali Khaled Amer Ralph Andersson Ken-ichi Arai Kameran Azadet Keith Balmer Denis Beaudoin John L. Bestel Michel Bohbot Brad J. Booth Paul Bottorff Gary Bourque Steve Brewer Vince Bridgers Benjamin Brown Lisa Buckman Robert Busse Richard Cam Bob Campbell Edward G. Chang Edward S. Chang Hon Wan Chin Chris Christ Terry Cobb Edward Cornejo John Creigh Kevin Daines Tom Debiec Chris Di Minico Erik Dickens Thomas J. Dineen Dan Dove Steve Dreyer George Eisler Michael Elswick John F. Ewen Mark Feuerstraeter Jens Fiedler Norival Figueira Norman Finn Alan Flatman Howard M. Frazier Scott Fritz Darrell Furlong Giorgio Giaretta Joel Goergen Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- Copyright © 2008 IEEE. All rights reserved.vii Bin Guo Atikem Haile-Mariam Sharam Hakimi Del Hanson Doug Harshbarger Lloyd Hasley Marwan Hassoun Mehdi Hatamian Gaby Hecht Ken Herrity John Hill Henry Hinrichs Clarence Joh Thomas K. Jørgensen Juan Jover Paul Jury Shinkyo Kaku Mohan Kalkunte Amrit Kalla Hadriel Kaplan Jaime Kardontchik Toyoyuki Kato Daniel Kelley Yongbum Kim Atsushi Kimoto Keith Klamm Christine Koenig Paul F. Kolesar Kishan Rao Konda Josef Kosilek Hans Lackner Daun Langston Loren Larsen Brian E. Lemoff Bill Lidinsky George Lin Jeffrey Lynch Brian MacLeod Kenneth MacLeod Rabih Makarem Robert A. Marsland David W. Martin Thomas Mathey Tremont Miao Colin Mick Larry Miller Cindy Montstream Robert Mortonson Simon Moseley Shimon Muller Denis Murphy Yaron Nachman Ken Naganuma Hari Naidu Paul Nikolich Michael Nootbaar Bob Noseworthy Mark Nowell Satoshi Obara Toshio Ooka Don Pannell Luc Pariseau John Payne Robert Pieters John Proffitt Steve Pryor William Quackenbush Sailesh K. Rao Peter Rautenberg Anil Rijsinghani Carlos Rodriguez Shawn Rogers Floyd E. Ross Tam Ross Larry Rubin Peter Sallaway Bill Sarles J. David Schell Ted Schroeder Mick Seaman Lee Sendelbach Koichiro Seto Som Sikdar Alexander Smith Andrew Smith Michael A. Smith David Sorensen Michel Sørenson Ronald Steudler Stephen Strong Steve Swanson Tad Szostak Rich Taborek Pat Thaler R. Jonathan Thatcher Walter Thirion Douglas Thomson Bruce Tolley Zbigniew Turlej Edward Turner Schelto van Doorn Dono Van-Mierop Nader Vijeh Greg Wang Peter Wang Jim Welch Willem Wery Bob Williams Joris Wils John Wolcott David Wong Michael Wrigh Chong Ho Yoon Leonard Young Ben Yu Jing-fan Zhang Authorized licensed use limited to: IHS Stephanie Dejesus. Downloaded on December 3, 2008 at 13:14 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Copyright The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Provided by IHS under license with IEEELicensee=HP Monitoring/1111111164 Not for Resale, 01/31/2009 23:55:54 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- viiiCopyright © 2008 IEEE. All rights reserved. The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention. When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 26 September 2008, it had the following membership: Robert M. Grow, Chair Thomas Prevost, Vice Chair Steve M. Mills, Past Chair Judith Gorman, Secretary *Member Emeritus Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons: Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative Michael H. Kelly, NIST Representative Michelle D. Turner IEEE Standards Program Manager, Document Development Michael D. Kipness IEEE Standards Program Manager, Technical Program Development Thomas Alexander Danilo Antonelli Hugh Barrass Michael Bennett Rahul Bhushan Tomo Bogataj Ralf-Peter Braun William Byrd Jeffrey Cain Edward Carley James Carlo Juan Carreon Keith Chow Alexander Conta Charles Cook John Dallesasse John Dambrosia
