Allied Telesis AT-S112, AT-GS950/16PS manual Static Trunk

Chapter 6: Static Port Trunking

Overview

A port trunk is an economical way for you to increase the bandwidth between the Ethernet switch and another networking device, such as a network server, router, workstation, or another Ethernet switch. A port trunk is a group of ports that have been grouped together to function as one logical path. A port trunk increases the bandwidth between the switch and another network device and is useful in situations where a single physical link between the devices is insufficient to handle the traffic load.

A static port trunk consists of two to eight ports on the switch that function as a single virtual link between the switch and another device. A static port trunk improves performance by distributing the traffic across multiple ports between the devices and enhances reliability by reducing the reliance on a single physical link.

A static trunk is easy to configure. You designate the ports on the switch that are in the trunk and the AT-S112 Management software on the switch automatically groups them together.

The example in Figure 30 illustrates a static port trunk of four links between two AT-GS950/16PS switches.

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Figure 30. Static Port Trunk Example

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