Port Trunking

 

 

Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links

Table 12-6. Example of Link Assignments in a Trunk Group (SA/DA Distribution)

 

 

 

Source:

Destination:

Link:

 

Node A

Node W

1

 

Node B

Node X

2

 

Node C

Node Y

3

 

Node D

Node Z

1

 

Node A

Node Y

2

 

Node B

Node W

3

 

 

 

 

 

Because the amount of traffic coming from or going to various nodes in a network can vary widely, it is possible for one link in a trunk group to be fully utilized while other links in the same trunk have unused bandwidth capacity even if the assignments were evenly distributed across the links in a trunk.

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