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Using VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Hunt Groups
3-16 Cajun P220G Switch Configuratiion and Operation Guide
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Hunt Groups (also known as link aggregation) enable you to aggregate multiple switch
ports into a single group, effectively combining the bandwidth into a single connection.
For example, if you connect three gigabit ports each on a pair of switches into a hunt
group, the aggregated connection will have 6 gigabits of available bandwidth
(full-duplex).
Hunt Groups also provide fault tolerance. If a port in a hunt group fails, the remaining
ports will continue forwarding the traffic on the link.
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The process for configuring hunt groups consists of the following steps:
1. Create hunt groups on the switches you are aggregating bandwidth between.
2. Assign ports to the Hunt Group.
3. Enable the ports.
The following sections explain how to complete these steps.
There are, however, several things that you need to know before creating hunt groups:
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The switches do not yet have a link discovery protocol. When creating a hunt
group, you have to verify that the ports in a hunt group on one switch are
physically connected to the ports in that hunt group on the other switch.
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If one end of a connection is in a hunt group, the other end of the connection
should be in the same hunt group. If the connection is not in the same hunt group,
the forwarding behavior of the hunt group will be unpredictable.
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You must disable the ports in a hunt group until both ends of the link are
configured.
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All ports in a hunt group must be the same speed.