Setting the Link Topology for LAG
To run the LAG applets, you have to set up two link groups out of the four gigabit Ethernet ports of your frame grabber:
- Start microDisplay X.
You find microDisplayX.exe in your Silicon Software runtime installation directory, sub-directory bin (for example: C:\Program Files\SiliconSoftware\Runtime5.7.0\bin\microDisplayX.exe). - Select the GigE Vision frame grabber board you want to set the link topology for.
- Go to tab Hardware, subtab Link Configuration.
- Under Link Aggregation, click on the Edit button.
Now, you can edit the settings for link aggregation.
- Set the number of Link Groups to 2.
- Assign the individual camera links to link groups so that always 2 links belong to one link group.
The primary camera port must always be assigned to the first link of the link group. - Set the algorithm for both link groups to RoundRobin (GVCP Primary Only).
- Click Apply.
The four links of the frame grabber have now been grouped into two link groups using 2 links each.