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Ports and Trunking

Trunk groups can provide super-bandwidth, multi-link connections between switches or other
trunk-capable devices. A trunk group is a group of ports that act together, combining their
bandwidth to create a single, larger virtual link. This chapter provides configuration back-
ground and examples for trunking multiple ports together:

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“Overview” on page 64

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“Port Trunking Example” on page 67

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“Configurable Trunk Hash Algorithm” on page 69

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“Link Aggregation Control Protocol” on page 70

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