Trunks; Trunk Configuration And Membership - HP PS1810 Management And Configuration Manual

Trunks

Trunks allow for the aggregation of multiple full-duplex Ethernet links into a single logical link.
Network devices treat the aggregation as if it were a single link, which increases fault tolerance and
provides load sharing capability. You assign the trunk VLAN membership after a trunk is created.
A trunk interface can be either static or dynamic, but not both.
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All members of a trunk must be either static or dynamic.
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Most servers require Static Trunk configuration. Trunk configuration must be set up on the server side
individually.

Trunk Configuration and Membership

Link Aggregation/Trunking enables one or more full duplex (FDX) Ethernet links to be aggregated
together to form a link aggregation group, such that the networking device can treat this trunk as if it
were a single link.
To display the Trunk Configuration page, click Trunk > Trunk Configuration in the navigation pane.
Dynamic trunks use the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP, IEEE standard 802.3ad).
An LACP-enabled port automatically detects the presence of other aggregation-capable
network devices in the system and exchanges Link Aggregation Control Protocol Data Units
(LACPDUs) with links in the trunk. The PDUs contain information about each link and enable
the trunk to maintain them.
Static trunks are assigned to a group by the administrator. Members do not exchange
LACPDUs. A static trunk does not require a partner system to be able to aggregate its member
ports.
Trunk Configuration and Membership
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