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The Add Virtual Interface page enables you to add a virtual interface to the filer.
Trunking is a mechanism that groups together multiple network interfaces (or links) into one logical interface, called a trunk. A group of up to four physical Ethernet interfaces on a filer can constitute a trunk.
Groups of Ethernet interfaces, supported by the virtual interface feature, provide security in a clustered environment in takeover mode, and provide better throughput than multiple interfaces working as one interface can provide.
Filer network interfaces that are part of the same trunk do not have to be on the same network card, but some Ethernet switches and routers require that all members of the trunk be either half-duplex or full-duplex. Additionally, the interfaces that form a virtual interface must have the same MTU size.
There are two kinds of trunks:
Single-mode trunks that enable one link of the trunk to take over for a failed link
Multiple-mode trunks that enable faster throughput by having links share network loads