Help with trunking / link aggregation

[Microfiche]

Just bought a Cisco SG-220-26P to replace an existing HP 10/100 PoE switch.

The switch will connect to a D-Link DGS-1100-16 smart switch.

We have our servers connected to the D-Link and the workstation drops to the Cisco - the single workstation drops connect to a Mitel VOIP phone and a computer through the VOIP phones.

With the HP switch we had a single port connected between the 2 switches as the HP was only a fast ethernet connection, but with the new Cisco I am thinking I should try to increase the throughput between the switches.

The D-Link will allow me to trunk up to 4 ports in a trunk group.

Should I be able to connect these 2 switches with multiple cables trunked together?

I am pretty much a newbie to this kind of "advanced" networking - no VLANs set up either.

Would appreciate any assistance/direction that could be offered.

[Lee Cox]

Since you have already bought the switch why don't you just try it.  You probably are not going to find someone here with the same hardware as you.  Most of the Cisco switches support LAG with grouped ports.  Before you burn all your ports make sure you need it.  Are you exceeding 1 GIG on the up link?

[Microfiche]

Thanks Lee,

I am monitoring the uplink port to see what kind of traffic is hitting it. Should know in a few days once the conversion to gigabit on the other workstation ports in complete.

I was really looking for more general information - i.e. in general can you connect different make switches with trunked ports. I thought I had seen once before where is was not recommended.