Chapter 4: Ports And Trunking - Nortel Alteon OS 42C4911 Application Manual

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Ports and Trunking
Trunk groups can provide super-bandwidth, multi-link connections between GbE Switch Mod-
ules or other trunk-capable devices. A trunk group is a group of ports that act together, combin-
ing their bandwidth to create a single, larger virtual link. This chapter provides configuration
background and examples for trunking multiple ports together:
" Overview" on this page
"Port Trunking Example" on page 97
"Configurable Trunk Hash Algorithm" on page 100
"Link Aggregation Control Protocol" on page 101
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