Trunk - Lindy 25010 User Manual

2.7 Trunk

This 24G web smart switch supports MAC-based trunking, which allows more than one port to be
grouped together as a single link connection between two switch devices. This is also useful for
switch-to-server and switch-to-router applications. The 24G web smart switch allows four trunk
groups that can accommodate up to eight trunk members. A port in one trunk group cannot be a
member of another trunk simultaneously. This feature provides redundancy and increases the
effective bandwidth through a link. The traffic patterns can be more balanced between the ports
within a trunk group by dynamically performing the MAC-based algorithm. It is supported only on
point-to-point links with MACs operating in full duplex mode. All links in the same trunk group
must operate at the same rate.
The 24G web smart switch provides dynamic failover when trunking is enabled. If a port in the trunk
group fails, the other ports of the trunk group assume traffic designated automatically for the trunk.
The links within the trunk group should have an equal amount of traffic. To achieve this, the switch
performs load balancing based on a distribution algorithm.
The following parameters are required to be set:
Distribution Criterion – chooses the distribution algorithm with which the switch performs
load balancing based on:
SA (Source MAC Address)
DA (Destination MAC Address)
SA + DA (both SA and DA)
Member – the member port(s) of trunk group(s)
Select the Trunk menu on the web page to activate the page shown as below.
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