Planet Technology FGSW-2620PVM User Manual

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Port trunking is the combination of several ports or network cables to expand the connection speed beyond the limits of any 

one single port or network cable. The Managed Switch supports two types of port trunk technology: 

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The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) provides a standardized means for exchanging information between Partner 

Systems on a link to allow their Link Aggregation Control instances to reach agreement on the identity of the Link 

Aggregation Group to which the link belongs, move the link to that Link Aggregation Group, and enable its transmission and 

reception functions in an orderly manner. Link aggregation lets you group up to eight consecutive ports into a single 

dedicated connection. This feature can expand bandwidth to a device on the network. LACP operation requires 

 more detail information refers to IEEE 802.3ad.