
3.8. Web Management - Trunking
3.8.1.
Trunking - Link Aggregation Settings
Port trunk allows multiple links to be bundled together and act as a single physical link for
increased throughput. It provides load balancing, and redundancy of links in a switched
inter-network. Actually, the link does not have an inherent total bandwidth equal to the sum of
its component physical links. Traffic in a trunk is distributed across an individual link within the
trunk in a deterministic method that called a hash algorithm. The hash algorithm automatically
applies load balancing to the ports in the trunk. A port failure within the trunk group causes
the network traffic to be directed to the remaining ports. Load balancing is maintained
whenever a link in a trunk is lost or returned to service.
System Priority
Here you can set the system priority value.
Link Aggregation Algorithm
Here you can set the Link Aggregation Algorithm:
MAC Src:
Hash Algorithm based on Source MAC Address.
MAC Src&Dst:
Hash Algorithm based on Source & Destination MAC Address XOR
result.
Member
This column allows you to select the member Ports.
State
You can enable/disable the trunking function with this scroll-down menu.
Type
This scroll-down menu allows you to choose Static Trunking or Dynamic LACP Trunking.