Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is a method of combining (aggregating) multiple network connections in parallel to increase throughput beyond a single connection.
A method of combining multiple network connections in parallel to increase throughput beyond a single connection.
Example: Two 1GiB interfaces could by combined in on lagg interface with a thoughput of 2 GiB/sec.
Other names for this are:
- Network bounding
- Link link aggregation
- NIC teaming
- Inter-Switch Link (Cisco)
- Trunking
