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4-2-6. Aggregation Configuration
The Aggregation (Port Trunking) Configuration is used to configure Link
Aggregation. You can bundle more than one port with the same speed, full duplex
and the same MAC to be a single logical port, thus the logical port aggregates the
bandwidth of these ports. This allows you to create a higher speed uplink or
backbone connection via bandwidth aggregation. For example, if there are three
Fast Ethernet ports aggregated in a logical port, then this logical port has bandwidth
three times as high as a single Fast Ethernet port has.
Function name:
Aggregation Configuration
Function description:
Display the current setup of Aggregation/Trunking. With this function you can
add a new trunk group or modify the members of an existing trunk group.
Parameter description:
Normal:
Define ports that will not participate in any aggregation/trunking group.
Group 1~8:
Group the ports that you need to aggregate/trunk. Up to 8 ports can be
selected for each group.
Fig. 4-11