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<DIV>In Foundry the trunking command references link aggregation that is setup statically, and lacp references link aggreation that is configured for dynamic.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "francois.viau@rrsss16.gouv.qc.ca" <francois.viau@rrsss16.gouv.qc.ca><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, October 1, 2009 7:08:14 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [f-nsp] help on trunk and lacp<BR></FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Wow thank you very much all for your informations , it is all clear now.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Francois </FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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<TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><TT><FONT size=2> When referring to Ethernet, 'trunking' generally refers to a port<BR>which can carry multiple VLANs to an adjacent device (ie. not an<BR>access port). LACP stands for Link Aggregation Control Protocol, and<BR>is a part of the IEEE specification for link aggregation (formerly<BR>802.3ad, now 802.1AX-2008) whereby multiple physical ports/interfaces<BR>(generally of the same speed) can be bundled together to form a link<BR>whose bandwidth roughly equals the sum of the individual port speeds,<BR>providing for (typically not 50/50) load sharing of the individual<BR>links at layer 2.<BR> You can typically do 'trunking' across an aggregated link (LACP) bundle.<BR><BR>David<BR><BR><BR>2009/9/30 <francois.viau@rrsss16.gouv.qc.ca>:<BR>><BR>> Hi There<BR>><BR>> Can someone tell me the main differences between trunking and lacp
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