Assigning Ports To Vlans; Using Hunt Groups To Aggregate Bandwidth; Overview - Avaya 580 User Manual

Assigning Ports to VLANs

CAUTION:

Using Hunt Groups to Aggregate Bandwidth

Overview

Document No. 10-300077, Issue 2
See "Configuring Switch Ports
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 make it possible for 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.
Figure 6-6 shows an example of a hunt group.
Figure 6-6. Hunt Group Example
Using VLANs, Hunt Groups, and VTP Snooping
Settings," in Chapter 8, "Configuring
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