Trunking - Planet FGSW-2620VM User Manual

4.6 Trunking

Port trunking is the combination of several ports or network cables to expand the connection speed beyond the limits of any
one single port or network cable. The Managed Switch supports two types of port trunk technology:
Static Trunk
LACP
The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) provides a standardized means for exchanging information between
Partner Systems on a link to allow their Link Aggregation Control instances to reach agreement on the identity of the Link
Aggregation Group to which the link belongs, move the link to that Link Aggregation Group, and enable its transmission and
reception functions in an orderly manner. Link aggregation lets you group up to eight consecutive ports into a single
dedicated connection. This feature can expand bandwidth to a device on the network. LACP operation requires
full-duplex mode, more detail information refers to IEEE 802.3ad.
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