Assigning Ports To Vlans; Using Hunt Groups To Aggregate Bandwidth; Overview - Avaya P580 User Manual

Chapter 6

Assigning Ports to VLANs

CAUTION:

Using Hunt Groups to Aggregate Bandwidth

Overview

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See "Configuring Switch Ports
for instructions on assigning ports to VLANs.
Before changing the VLAN that a port is assigned to, you must
remove the port from the hunt group that the port is assigned to. Do
not attempt to change the VLAN and remove the port from the hunt
group simultaneously. If you do, the switch assigns all ports in the
hunt group to the new VLAN.
Hunt groups allow you to aggregate multiple switch ports to act as one
switch port, effectively combining the bandwidth into a single connection.
Frames sent to the Hunt Group will be transmitted by one of the ports in the
Hunt Group. Hunt Groups load share traffic across all member ports, this
aggregates the bandwidth of the Hunt Group ports. Hunt groups also
provide fault tolerance. If a port in a hunt group fails, the remaining ports in
the hunt group will assume the traffic and continue forwarding.
shows an example of a Hunt Group.
Figure 6-6. Hunt Group Example
User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.0
Settings," in Chapter 8, "Configuring Ports,"
Figure 6-6