HP ProCurve 2610-PWR Management And Configuration Manual page 279

Broadcasts, multicasts, and floods from different source addresses are dis­
tributed evenly across the links. As links are added or deleted, the switch
redistributes traffic across the trunk group. For example, in figure 12-9 show­
ing a three-port trunk, traffic could be assigned as shown in table 12-6.
A
1
C
B
2
C
Switch
3
C
C
D
Figure 12-9. Example of Port-Trunked Network
Table 12-6. Example of Link Assignments in a Trunk Group (SA/DA Distribution)
Source: Destination:
Node A Node W
Node B Node X
Node C Node Y
Node D Node Z
Node A Node Y
Node B Node W
W
X
Switch
Y
Z
Link:
1
2
3
1
2
3
Port Trunking
Port Status and Configuration
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