D-Link DGS-3200-10 Product Manual - Page 93

xStack® DGS-3200 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch Port Trunking Understanding Port Trunk Groups Port t runk groups a re u sed t o com bine a num ber o f ports t ogether t o make a si ngle hi gh-band-width data pi peline. Another advantage of i mplementing port t runk g roups i s redundancy, as i f o ne o f t he ports or l inks fails i n t he port t runk group, t he network connection to t he remote Switch will be maintained. The table below shows the maximum amount of groups supported for each trunk group and the potential bit rate for the DGS-3200-10, DGS-3200-16, and DGS-3200-24 Switches. Model Maximum Number of Groups Maximum Number of Ports Potential Bit Rate DGS-3200-10 5 8 8000 Mbps DGS-3200-16 8 8 8000 Mbps DGS-3200-24 12 8 8000 Mbps Figure 3 - 19. Port Trunk Group Table for DGS-3200-10/DGS-3200-16/DGS-3200-24 Figure 3 - 20. Example of Typical Port Trunk Group 80