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xStack DGS-3200 Series Layer 2 Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Web UI Reference Guide
The Switch treats all ports in a trunk group as a single port. Data transmitted to a specific host (destination address) will always be
transmitted over the same port in a trunk group. This allows packets in a data stream to arrive in the same order they were sent.
NOTE: If any ports within the trunk group become disconnected, packets intended for
the disconnected port will be load shared among the other linked ports of the link
aggregation group.
Link aggregation allows several ports to be grouped together and to act as a single link. This gives a bandwidth that is a multiple
of a single link's bandwidth.
Link aggregation is most commonly used to link a bandwidth intensive network device or devices, such as a server, to the
backbone of a network.
The DGS-3200 Switch series supports the following link aggregation groups:
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The DGS-3200-10 model allows the creation of up to five link aggregation groups, each group consisting of 2 to 8 links
(ports).
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The DGS-3200-16 model allows the creation of up to eight link aggregation groups, each group consisting of 2 to 8 links
(ports).
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The DGS-3200-24 model allows the creation of up to twelve link aggregation groups, each group consisting of 2 to 8
links (ports).
Figure 3 - 68. Example of Typical Port Trunk Group
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