HP Exam HPE6-A85 Topic 1 Question 6 Discussion

The status of ''ALFOE'' means that LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is a network protocol that provides dynamic negotiation of link aggregation between two devices. LACP allows multiple physical links to be combined into a single logical link for increased bandwidth, redundancy, and load balancing. LACP is defined in IEEE 802.3ad standard. is working fine with no problems when checking LACP with ''show lacp interfaces''. The status of ''ALFOE'' is an acronym that stands for:

A: Active - The interface is actively sending LACP packets to negotiate link aggregation with the peer device.

L: Link Up - The interface has physical connectivity with the peer device.

F: Aggregatable - The interface can be aggregated with other interfaces into a single logical link.

O: Synchronized - The interface has successfully negotiated link aggregation parameters with the peer device and can transmit or receive traffic on the logical link.

E: Collecting/Distributing - The interface is collecting incoming traffic from the peer device and distributing outgoing traffic to the peer device on the logical link.

The other options are not correct because:

The interface on the local switch is configured as static-LAG: This option is false because static-LAG does not use LACP to negotiate link aggregation. Static-LAG requires manual configuration of link aggregation parameters on both devices and does not have any status indicators.

LACP is not configured on the peer side: This option is false because if LACP is not configured on the peer side, the status of the interface would be ''ALF--'' instead of ''ALFOE''. This means that the interface would not be synchronized or collecting/distributing with the peer device.

LACP is in a synchronizing process: This option is false because if LACP is in a synchronizing process, the status of the interface would be ''ALF-O'' instead of ''ALFOE''. This means that the interface would not be collecting/distributing with the peer device.