Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 8: Port Trunking

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Section I: Basic Features

This method is useful when a port trunk needs to send packets from one
source node to many destination nodes, something that the source
address method is not suited for. This method is also valid when sending
from many source nodes to one destination node, or from many sources
to many destinations.

Table 4 shows a possible matrix for a port trunk of three data links using
this method to handle traffic from four sources to four destinations.

As a general rule, the source address/destination address distribution
method is more flexible than the source address or destination address
method alone. If you are not sure which load distribution to choose, use
this method.

Table 4. Source MAC Address/Destination MAC Address Load Distribution Method

Destination MAC Addresses

Source MAC
Addresses

00A0EE
2313A3

00A134
1A9032

00A301
9083B2

001B21
87C6D6

00B012 DA0231

1

2

3

1

001230 DA2943

2

3

1

2

0042AA D45A21

3

1

2

3

00456A C23521

1

2

3

1

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