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4.3 Aggregation
Port trunk allows multiple links to be bundled together and act as a single physical link for
increased throughput. It provides load balancing, and redundancy of links in a switched
inter-network. Actually, the link does not have an inherent total bandwidth equal to the sum of its
component physical links. Traffic in a trunk is distributed across an individual link within the trunk
in a deterministic method that called a hash algorithm. The hash algorithm automatically applies
load balancing to the ports in the trunk. A port failure within the trunk group causes the network
traffic to be directed to the remaining ports. Load balancing is maintained whenever a link in a
trunk is lost or returned to service.
Aggregation / Trunking Configuration
To assign a port to a trunk, click the required trunk number, then click Apply.
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