Port trunking enables you to combine two or more Ethernet interfaces for increased bandwidth, load balancing and fault tolerance.
- Go to Control Panel > System > Network > IPv4 > IP Address.
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Click Port Trunking.
The TCP/IP - Port Trunking window appears.
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Select two or more network
interfaces that you want to add to the trunking group.
Important:
Ensure that the ports are connected to the same switch.
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Select a port trunking
mode.
The default option is Loadbalance.
Important:Some port trunking modes must be supported by your network switches. Selecting an unsupported mode may affect network performance or cause the network interface to freeze.
Mode
Description
Benefits
Requires Switch Support
Failover
QES sends and receives traffic using only the master port, which is the interface that was added first to the trunking group. If the master port becomes unavailable, QES uses the next active port.
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Redundancy
-
Fault tolerance
No
Lacp (IEEE® 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol)
QES negotiates a set of aggregable links with the peer in to one or more Link Aggregated Groups (LAGs). Each LAG is composed of ports of the same speed, which are set to full-duplex operation. Traffic is balanced across the ports in the LAG with the greatest total speed. In the event of changes in physical connectivity, QES will quickly reconfigure the LAG. Incoming traffic is accepted by any active port.
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Redundancy
-
Fault tolerance
-
Greater bandwidth
Yes
Loadbalance
QES distributes outgoing traffic based on the current load on each interface, which is computed relative to the interface's speed. The current interface receives incoming traffic. If that interface fails, another interface takes over its MAC address.
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Redundancy
-
Fault tolerance
-
Increased throughput
No
Roundrobin
QES sends packets in sequential order from the first active port to the last.
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General purpose load balancing
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Fault tolerance
Supports static trunking. Ensure static trunking is enabled on the switch.
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- Optional:
Click
to
specify a hashing method.
Hashing Method
Description
L2/Mac
MAC address
L3/IP
IP address
L4/Port
Port number
- Click Apply.