Allied Telesis AT-8324 - Manual (Page 37)

AT-8316F and AT-8324 Installation Guide
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Guideline 5:
Cabling Based
on Port Number
When cabling a trunk, it is important that the order of the
connections be identical on both nodes. The lowest numbered port
in a trunk must be connected to the lowest numbered port on the
trunk on the other device, the next lowest numbered port must be
connected to the next lowest numbered port on the other device,
and so on.
For example, assume that you were installing a trunk from an
AT-8316F/SC switch to an AT-8324 switch. On the AT-8316F/SC
switch you had decided to use ports 12, 13, 14, 15 from port group
two for the trunk. On the AT-8324 switch you had chosen ports 21,
22, 23, and 24 from port group 3. To maintain the order of the port
connections, you would connect port 12 on the AT-8316F/SC switch
to port 21 on the AT-8224XL, port 13 to port 22, and so on.
Guideline 6:
Using
Expansion
Modules
Expansion modules also support port trunking. That is, you can
group the ports on an expansion module together to increase the
bandwidth to the end-node, whether that happens to be another
switch, a server, or router. Table 2-4 lists the number of port trunks
that you can create for each expansion module.
Table 2-4 Trunked Ports on Expansion Modules
Model of Expansion Module Trunked Ports
AT-A15 (SX or LX) 0
AT-A16 2 ports
AT-A17 2 ports
AT-A18 2 or 4 ports
AT-A19 2 ports