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In computer networking, link aggregation is the combining (aggregating) of multiple network connections in parallel by any of several methods, in order to increase throughput beyond what a single connection could sustain, to provide redundancy in case one of the links should fail, or both A link aggregation group (LAG) is the combined collection of physical ports Other umbrella terms used to describe the concept include trunking, bundling, bonding, channeling or teaming Implementation methods encompass not only vendor-independent standards such as Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for Ethernet, defined in IEEE 8021AX or the previous IEEE 8023ad, but also various proprietary solutions
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