EDS-518A Series User’s Manual

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If all ports on both switch units are configured as 100BaseTX and they are operating in full duplex, the potential bandwidth of the connection will be up to 1.6 Gbps on the EDS-518A. This means that users can connect one EDS to another EDS by Port Trunking to double, triple, or quadruple the bandwidth of the connection.

When configuring Port Trunking, note that:

Each EDS-518A can set a maximum of 3 Port Trunking groups (Trk1/Trk2, 2 trunk groups for 10/100M ports and Trk3 for Gigabit ports)

When you activate Port Trunking settings, some advanced functions that you setup with the original ports will either be set to factory default values, or disabled:

yCommunication Redundancy will be set to the factory default

yTraffic Prioritization will be set to the factory default

yPort-based VLAN or 802.1Q VLAN will be set to the factory default

yMulticast Filtering will be set to the factory default

yRate Limiting will be set to the factory default

yPort Access Control will be set to the factory default

yEmail and Relay Warning will be set to the factory default

ySet Device IP will be set to the factory default

yMirror Port will be set to the factory default

You can setup these features again on your Trunking Port.

Configuring Port Trunking

The Port Trunking Settings page is used to assign ports to a Trunk Group.

Step 1: Select Trk1, Trk2, or Trk3 from the Trunk Group drop-down box.

Step 2: Select Static, or LACP from the Trunk Type drop-down box.

Step 3: Under Member Ports and Available Ports, select the specific ports.

Step 4: Use the Up / Down buttons to add/remove designated ports to/from a trunk group.

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