Link Aggregation - Trunking (Layer 2)

Wire Closet

Data Center

• Parallel active links

  • Up to 6 links / group
  • Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet (or FDDI*)

• Automatic recovery of any failed link

• Transparent to Spanning Tree protocol

• Tracking emerging IEEE standard (IEEE 802.3ad)

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