3-8

Configuring Your ELS10-26
Figure 3-1. Trunk Connections
Trunk Groups

Each set of connections between two ELS10-26s is called a Trunk

Group. You can create two Trunk Groups, each having up to eight

ports, to interconnect your ELS10-26s.

For example, if you have three ELS10-26s (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

10 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.

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10BASE-T Crossover Cables
ELS10-26
(providing 80 Mbps of bandwidth) ELS10-26