Configuring Your ELS100-16TX
| | | | | | | | | ELS100-16TX |
| | | | | | | | | EPIM100 |
| 1X | 3X | 5X | 7X | 9X | 11X | 13X | 15X | |
ELS100-16TXCOM | 2X | 4X | 6X | 8x | 10X | 12X | 14X | 16X | EPIM100 |
100BASE-T Crossover Cables | | | | | | | | | |
(providing 800 Mbps of bandwidth) | | | | | | | | | ELS100-16TX |
| | | | | | | | | EPIM100 |
| 1X | 3X | 5X | 7X | 9X | 11X | 13X | 15X | |
ELS100-16TXCOM | 2X | 4X | 6X | 8x | 10X | 12X | 14X | 16X | EPIM100 |
Figure 3-1. Trunk Connections
Trunk Groups
Each set of connections between two ELS100-16TXs is called a Trunk Group. You can create up to eight trunk groups, each with up to eight ports, to interconnect your ELS100-16TXs.
For example, if you have three ELS100-16TXs (A, B, and C), as shown in Figure 3-2, you could connect them using a single Ethernet segment. However, that would limit the interconnection to 100 Mbps. To solve this problem, you could connect A to B with one Trunk Group, and connect B to C with a second Trunk Group.