HPE ISL Trunking are optional license logically groups up to four E-ports, that provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 2 Gb switch needs its own license. The switch operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 8 Gb) when routing connections between switches. Connections are load-balanced across the individual links, which comprise the logical trunk group. Each 16-port switch can have a total of four separate 4-port Trunk groups.