Enterasys Networks FN 100 manual Enabling and Disabling Trunking

Using FN100 Trunking

Enabling and Disabling Trunking

To enable trunking for your FN100 ports using the Port Trunking window:

1.In the port selection list, click on an entry representing a port for which you would like to enable trunking.

2.Click on Enable. The trunking table will update to include the new trunking selection.

3.Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each port for which you want to enable trunking.

802.1D Spanning Tree takes about 30 seconds to resolve which FN100 ports in a trunk group are to become forwarding ports. As ports within a trunk group become forwarding ports, traffic within the trunk group will be momentarily halted to guarantee the first-in, first-out ordering of Ethernet packets.

NOTE

Connections between FN switches must be point-to-point; there cannot be any other devices on those segments. The FN100 ports used for trunking can be in any order. Remember, though, that the switches on both ends of the connections must have trunking enabled for their ports which are used for the connections.

To disable trunking for your FN100 ports using the Port Trunking window:

1.In the port selection list, click on an entry representing a port for which you would like to disable trunking.

2.Click on Disable. The trunking table will update to reflect the new trunking selection.

3.Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each port for which you want to disable trunking.

The Port Trunking Window 4-5