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Trunking Overview
A
trunk
(also known as an
aggregated link
) works at Layer 2 and allows
you to combine multiple Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, or FDDI ports
into a single high-speed link between two switches (see Figure 25).
Figure 25
Example of a Trunk
The system treats trunked ports in the same way that it treats individual
ports. Also, all higher-level network functions — including Spanning Tree
algorithms, VLANs, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
management — do not distinguish a trunk from any other network port.
Features
You can configure the following trunking features:
■
Define
— You specify ports and characteristics associated with
the trunk.
■
Modify
— You modify a trunk’s characteristics or add or remove a
port from the trunk.
■
Remove
— You remove a trunk definition from the system.
Benefits
Trunking can help you meet your network capacity and availability needs.
With trunks, you can cost-effectively increase the bandwidth between
switches or between servers and switches as your network requires. With
trunking, you combine multiple Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, or Fiber
Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) ports into a single high-speed channel.
If Gigabit Ethernet is not available, you can use trunked Fast Ethernet to
increase network capacity. After Gigabit Ethernet is in place and the time
comes to scale links beyond 1000 Mbps, you can use trunking to create
multigigabit connections.
Individual links
Trunk
(single logical port)
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Страница 58: ...58 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM PARAMETERS ...
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Страница 256: ...256 CHAPTER 10 PACKET FILTERING ...
Страница 330: ...330 CHAPTER 12 VIRTUAL ROUTER REDUNDANCY PROTOCOL VRRP ...
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Страница 418: ...418 CHAPTER 14 OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST OSPF ...
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