When referring to Ethernet, 'trunking' generally refers to a port which can carry multiple VLANs to an adjacent device (ie. not an access port). LACP stands for Link Aggregation Control Protocol, and is a part of the IEEE specification for link aggregation (formerly 802.3ad, now 802.1AX-2008) whereby multiple physical ports/interfaces (generally of the same speed) can be bundled together to form a link whose bandwidth roughly equals the sum of the individual port speeds, providing for (typically not 50/50) load sharing of the individual links at layer 2. You can typically do 'trunking' across an aggregated link (LACP) bundle.
David 2009/9/30 <[email protected]>: > > Hi There > > Can someone tell me the main differences between trunking and lacp ? > > > thanks > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundry-nsp mailing list > [email protected] > http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp > _______________________________________________ foundry-nsp mailing list [email protected] http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp
