HP 5300XL, 5304XL, 5348XL Port Trunking, Port Status and Configuration Features, Figure 9-5.Conceptual Example of Port Trunking

Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls, Port Trunking, and Filters

Port Trunking

Port Trunking

Port Status and Configuration Features

Feature	Default	Menu	CLI	Web
viewing port trunks	n/a	page 9-16	page 9-18	page 9-24
configuring a static trunk	none	page 9-16	page 9-22	—
group
configuring a dynamic LACP	LACP passive	—	page 9-23	—
trunk group

Port trunking allows you to assign up to four physical links to one logical link (trunk) that functions as a single, higher-speed link providing dramatically increased bandwidth. This capability applies to connections between backbone devices as well as to connections in other network areas where traffic bottlenecks exist. A trunk group is a set of up to four ports configured as members of the same port trunk. Note that the ports in a trunk group do not have to be consecutive. For example:

	The multiple physical links in a trunk behave as one logical link
			Switch 2:
Switch 1:	port c1	port a1
Ports c1 - c4	port c2	port a2	Ports a3 - a6
	port c3	port a3
configured			configured as
	port c4	port a4
as a port			a port trunk
	port c5	port a5
trunk group.			group
	port c6	port a6
	port c7	port a7
	. . .	. . .
	port n	port n

Figure 9-5. Conceptual Example of Port Trunking

With full-duplex operation in a four-port trunk group, trunking enables the following bandwidth capabilities:

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