Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 126)

Chapter 8: Port Trunking
Section I: Basic Operations 126
If the aggregate trunks go to different devices, you can create one
aggregator and let the AT-8500 Series switch form the trunks for you
automatically. This is illustrated in Figure 34. The ports of the two
aggregate trunks on the AT-8500 Series switch are members of the same
aggregator. It is the switch that determines that there are actually two
separate aggregate trunks.
Figure 34 Example of an Aggregator with Multiple Trunks
Here is how this example looks in table format for the ports on the
AT-8500 Series switch.
You could, if you wanted, create separate aggregators for the different
aggregate trunks in the example above. But letting the switch make the
determination for you whenever possible can save you time later if you
physically reassign ports to a different trunk connected to another
device.
AT-8500 Series Switch
802.3ad-compliant
Ethernet Switch
Aggregate Trunks
in Same Aggregator
Ports 1 - 3 and 12-14
in Aggregator 1
802.3ad-compliant
Server
Aggregator
Description Aggregator
Ports Aggregate
Trunk Ports
Aggregator 1 1-3, 12-14 1-3
12-14