Port Channels
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What is Port Channels?
A port channel (also known as link aggregation, trunking, or EtherChannel) is a technology that allows you to combine multiple physical network links into a single logical link. This increases bandwidth, provides redundancy, and can improve overall network performance. It's commonly used to connect switches to other switches, servers, or storage devices where high bandwidth and link resilience are required.
What other technologies are related to Port Channels?
Port Channels Complementary Technologies
Spanning Tree
Spanning Tree protocols are used to prevent loops in a network. Port Channels are often used to increase bandwidth and redundancy while minimizing the impact of Spanning Tree, therefore, they are complementary.
802.1Q
802.1Q is the standard for VLAN tagging, which is often used in conjunction with Port Channels to segment network traffic, hence it is complementary.
VLANs
VLANs are used to segment network traffic. Port Channels often carry multiple VLANs, making them complementary.
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Which job functions commonly mention Port Channels?
Network Engineer
0.2% of all Network Engineer jobs mention Port Channels
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Data Center Engineer
0.1% of all Data Center Engineer jobs mention Port Channels
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Network Administrator
0.1% of all Network Administrator jobs mention Port Channels
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Infrastructure Engineer
43 Infrastructure Engineer jobs mention Port Channels
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Engineer
485 Engineer jobs mention Port Channels
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