Enterasys Networks ENTERASYS ATX manual Enabling and Disabling Trunking, Link Ordinal, Link Count

Using ATX Trunking

•(9) self-connect— this port is connected to another port on the same device. This port cannot be used until the condition clears.

•(10) port-moved— a different port has been connected at the far end. The trunking protocol will restart.

•(11) multiple-lan-types— several LAN types have been connected on the same device.

Link Ordinal

Displays the position of the port’s link within its trunk group.

Link Count

Displays the number of links within the port’s trunk group.

Last Change

Displays the time (in seconds) since the port’s trunk state (sftrunkState) changed.

The lower portion of the Trunking Table window displays the port selection area which, when used in conjunction with the Enable and Disable buttons at the bottom of the window, allows you to enable or disable trunking for selected ports. The port selection area lists each of the ATX’s ports and whether or not they are enabled, accompanied by each port’s MIB II ifIndex, ifType, ifSpeed.

NOTE

Trunking cannot be enabled for the PPE (port 1). The Enable and Disable buttons will be grayed out when this port is selected.

The Trunking Table window also features:

Clear button -- when clicked, any selections you have made in the port selection area will be deselected.

Update button -- when clicked, the ATX will be queried for trunking information, and any changes that have occurred since the window was opened (or since the Update button was last clicked) will be reflected in the trunking table.

Enabling and Disabling Trunking

To enable trunking for your ATX ports using the Trunking Table window:

1.In the port selection area, click on the selection buttons representing the ports for which you would like to enable trunking.

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

3-4 The Port Trunking Window