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Link aggregation

In computer networking, link aggregation is the combining (aggregating) of multiple network connections in parallel by any of several methods. Link aggregation increases total bandwidth beyond what a single connection could sustain, and provides redundancy where all but one of the physical links may fail without losing connectivity. A link aggregation…

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Overview

Motivation

Architecture

IEEE link aggregation

Proprietary link aggregation

Support

Linux drivers

Usage

Limitations

Examples

Advanced semantic analysis

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Link aggregation

Top relations

related to External links · 18
Link aggregation → Aggregation, Archived, Bonding Guide, Chapter, February, IEEE P802, IEEE Standard, IEEE Standards Association, IEEE Std, IEEESTD, ISBN, LACP, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, Link Aggregation Task ForceMikrotik, Local, Metropolitan Area Networks, November, PDF
related to Proprietary link aggregation · 14
Link aggregation → Cisco's EtherChannel, Connectify's Speedify, Distributed Split Multi-Link Trunking, Huawei's Eth-Trunk, IEEE, In, Juniper's Aggregated Ethernet, LACP, Nortel's Multi-Link Trunking, Port Aggregation Protocol, Routed Split Multi-Link Trunking, Split Multi-Link Trunking, VPN, ZTE's Smartgroup
related to Single switch · 11
Link aggregation → ARP, But, Ethernet, However, Inter-Switch Trunk, IST, Nortel's, SMLT, The, These, With
related to Standardization process · 8
Link aggregation → By, Each, LACP, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, November, The, The IEEE, This
related to Motivation · 7
Link aggregation → An, Bandwidth, Ethernet, If, Link, Mbit/s, Most
related to Link Aggregation Control Protocol · 5
Link aggregation → IEEE Ethernet, LACP, LACP Features, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, Within
related to PPP · 5
Link aggregation → DSL, ISP, Multilink PPP, Multiple PPP, The Point-to-Point Protocol
related to Support · 5
Link aggregation → BSD, Linux, Most, Software-based, Solaris
related to Use on network interface cards · 5
Link aggregation → For, Gbit/s, NIC, NICs, Note
related to Ethernet aggregation mismatch · 4
Link aggregation → Aggregation, LACP, Some, Therefore

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

link aggregation network links 802 multiple bonding lacp ieee single ethernet physical protocol one linux switch may bandwidth also two

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Link aggregationis acombining0.90text
Link Aggregation Control Protocolinstance ofchanneling or teaming.Implementation may follow vendor-independent standards0.80text
AIX implement Ethernet bonding at a higher level andinstance ofOpenSolaris and commercial Unix distributions0.80text
as long as the NIC is supported by the kernelinstance ofOpenSolaris and commercial Unix distributions0.80text
can deal with NICs from different manufacturers or using different drivers.Virtualization platformsCitrix XenServerinstance ofOpenSolaris and commercial Unix distributions0.80text
VMware ESX have native support for link aggregationinstance ofOpenSolaris and commercial Unix distributions0.80text
can deal with NICs from different manufacturers or using different driversinstance ofOpenSolaris and commercial Unix distributions0.80text
a T-1 or DSL lineinstance ofChannels bonded can be wired links0.80text
Link aggregationrelated to Ethernet aggregation mismatchAggregation0.60section
Link aggregationrelated to Ethernet aggregation mismatchSome0.60section
Link aggregationrelated to Ethernet aggregation mismatchTherefore0.60section
Link aggregationrelated to Ethernet aggregation mismatchLACP0.60section

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    Map overview Semantic statistics

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    Link aggregation

    Nodes113
    Edges112
    Triples93
    Avg. degree1.98
    Density0.017699
    Components1
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