Link aggregation, also known as port aggregation or NIC teaming, is a technique used in layer 2 and layer 3 network switches to combine multiple physical links into a single logical link. This logical link provides increased bandwidth, redundancy, and load balancing. LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol): LACP is an industry-standard protocol (802. 3ad) that dynamically manages link aggregation, provides automatic failover, and helps prevent misconfigurations by ensuring both ends of the link agree on the aggregation settings. By bundling multiple network connections into a single high-bandwidth link, aggregation switches help. In computer networking, link aggregation is the combining (aggregating) of multiple network connections in parallel by any of several methods. The two main goals for creating. Function: Connection point for all devices on a segment of segment of a network that breaks down and absorbs the data flow between all of the connected devices rather than flooding it to all connected devices.
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