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The pages of the web GUI include options for configuring an HTTPS server. This functionality is not enabled in the current release of the switch firmware.

The web GUI (Switch Config=>Address Tables=>NETMGT Port ID) cannot display the MAC address table for the NETMGT port. This table is always empty. There is currently no workaround for this problem.

The web GUI (Switch Config=>Spanning Tree=>View=>MST instance configuration

=>MST Instance Setup) the multiple spanning tree options are not configurable in the current release of the switch firmware.

6.3The Term “Trunk” Meaning Either an Aggregated Link Or a Tagged VLAN Connection

There is confusion in the networking industry over the term "trunking" because it is used to refer both to link aggregation and to tagged VLAN connections between two switches. In the first of these senses it means a redundant high-bandwidth path between two switches. In the second it means a network connection on a LAN segment that is populated only with VLAN-aware devices.

6.3.1Aggregated Links

You may have encountered the term “trunking” in the sense of link aggregation if you have used the Sun Trunking 1.2.1 product.

Ports can be statically grouped into an aggregate link to increase the bandwidth of a network connection or to ensure fault recovery. Alternatively, you can use the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) which automatically negotiates an aggregated link between the switch and another network device. For static aggregated links, the switches must be of the same type. For dynamic aggregated links, the switches simply have to comply with LACP. The switch in the blade system chassis supports up to six aggregated links. An aggregated link consisting of two 1000 Mbps ports can support an aggregate bandwidth of 4 Gbps when operating at full duplex.

6-10Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004

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Contents Page Page Contents Sparc Solaris Contents Page Documentation and Miscellaneous Information Using N1 Provisioning Software Upgrading the Bios on a B200x Server BladeBefore Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade Miscellaneous InformationUsing the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade Downloading New Firmware for Chassis ComponentsDocumentation in this Release Documentation Errata Page Linux Installing Linux Onto a B100x or B200x Blade Upgrading the Bios on B200x Server Blades To Upgrade the BiosBlade prompt returns when the update is complete B100x and B200x Linux Server Blade Issues Issues Affecting the B200x Server Blade OnlyIssues Affecting the B100x Server Blade Only Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade SolarisSolaris x86 Drivers and Documentation Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process # mkdir -m 755 /var/tmp/blades Proceed to Creating a Network Install Server on Creating a Network Install Server # ./modifyinstallserver -d installdirpath Page Need Support for Soft Poweroff in Solaris Workaround Workaround Page Error Messages That Can be Safely Ignored Consconfig complains on servers with no frame bufferPage Solaris x86 Other Issues Acpi Resource Conflicts Unnecessarily Reported1The Network Interfaces on a B200x Blade Base MAC + 1, snet1 Solaris x86 Page Sparc Solaris Installing Sparc Solaris Onto a B100s Server Blade B100s Sparc Solaris Server Blade Issues# share -F nfs /cdrom/solaris8hw1202suppcd Installation of SUNWidecr failed System Controller Upgrading the System Controller SC Firmware Set up a new user name and password for yourself System Controller Software Issues System Controller FirmwareScreset -x -y sn Scremovefru -y psn scpoweron psn System Chassis’s Integrated Switch Switch Firmware Issues Console#configure Consoleconfig#vlan database Consoleconfig#no vlan vlanid System Chassis’s Integrated Switch Page Console#configure Page Consoleconfig#no bridge-ext gvrp Aggregated Links Switch-to-switch Tagged Vlan Trunk Connections Setting up a Tagged Vlan Trunk With Cisco Switches