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Network Configuration
The GE ports can be configured for either diverse routing or link aggregation.
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Diverse routing allows each port to be configured to support an IP subnet, so that a Titan
SiliconServer can be physically connected to a maximum of four separate IP subnets.
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Link aggregation (or trunking) allows multiple GE ports to share a single IP address on
the same IP subnet. Any combination of GE ports can be trunked together. Link
aggregation increases the bandwidth of a network interface, and isolates the server from
failures in the networking infrastructure. For example, if there is a network link failure,
the other links in the aggregation will assume all the traffic. Link aggregation is based on
the IEEE 802.3ad standard.
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Note: Titan supports Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). LACP is
used to automatically configure link aggregation settings defined for Titan
on the switch to which it is connected. To use LACP, the switch to which the
Titan GE interfaces are connected must also support LACP.
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