3Com 1100 - Manual (Page 82)

82 C HAPTER 3: W ORKING W ITH THE W EB I NTERFACE
Figure 21 The Port Trunk Setup page
What are Port Trunks?
Port trunks are connections that allow devices to communicate using up
to four links in parallel. Port trunks provide two benefits:
■
They can potentially double, triple or quadruple the bandwidth of a
connection.
■
They can provide redundancy — if one link is broken, the other links
share the traffic for that link.
For more information, see “Port Trunks” on page 157 .
Displaying the Ports that Belong to Each Port Trunk
The Port Trunks Setup page allows you to display the ports that belong to
each port trunk. To do this:
1 From the Port Trunks Available listbox, select a port trunk.
2 Click the Select button. The Available Ports listbox displays the ports that
are available to be placed in the port trunk. The Trunk Members listbox
displays the ports that belong to the port trunk.
Placing Ports in a Port Trunk
The Port Trunks Setup page allows you to place ports in port trunks. To do
this:
1 From the Port Trunks Available listbox, select a port trunk.
2 Click the Select button.