Brocade Communications Systems 4016 manual ISL Trunking Groups, Brocade Optional Features

ISL Trunking Groups

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ISL Trunking Groups

Brocade ISL Trunking is optional software that allows you to create trunking groups of ISLs between adjacent switches.

If your SilkWorm 4016 switch has a Brocade ISL Trunking license, the external ports can be used as a trunking group. Ports that can be used within the same trunking group are color-coded on the switch’s port side for easy identification.

Trunking groups can be groups of two, three, or all four ports. Table 1-4lists the trunking group possibilities for the SilkWorm 4016. These groups correspond with external port groups.

,	ISL Trunking Group Options
Table 1-4
# Active Ports		External Port #	Trunking groups
External: 4		10, 11, 12, 13	10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13,
Internal: 8			10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13
			(any 2, 3, or 4 ports can be trunked together)
External: 6		10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15	10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13,
Internal: 10			10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13, 14+15
			(any 2, 3, or 4 ports from the 10 to 13 group of ports
			and one two port trunk with 14+15 2-port trunk)
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Note

Only the external ports are available for trunking.

The external ports can be used to form 2-port trunks, 3-port trunks, or a 4-port trunk. Trunking groups are color-coded on the port side of the chassis for easy identification.

For details about Brocade ISL Trunking, see the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

Brocade Optional Features

The SilkWorm 4016 supports the following optional Brocade software, which is activated with the purchase of the corresponding license key:

•Brocade Advanced Web Tools1

•Brocade Advanced Zoning1

•Brocade ISL Trunking

•Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring

•Brocade Fabric Watch

•Brocade Secure Fabric OS

•Port on Demand (POD) licensing

•Support for Brocade Fabric Access API and API Scripting Toolkit

1.included with the SilkWorm 4016

For detailed information on any of these features, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

SilkWorm 4016 Hardware Reference Manual 1-7

Publication Number: 53-1000175-01