308CHAPTER 11: TRUNKS

If you are working with Gigabit Ethernet modules in a SuperStack II Switch, keep in mind that each Gigabit Ethernet module uses an internal trunk resource towards the limit of four. You can trunk Gigabit Ethernet modules together (each with one port) to consolidate the Gigabit trunk resources. If you have four trunks defined and you add a Gigabit Ethernet module to the system, after a boot, the system reports that the configuration is incompatible. You must delete one of the existing trunks.

You must reboot the module at the end of the trunk definition process. (You can define multiple trunks in one bridge trunk define operation.) On the CoreBuilder® 9000, rebooting a module returns you to the EME prompt, which requires you to reconnect to the module.

The following considerations apply to the trunk clustering function, MultiPoint Link Aggregation (MPLA), in the CoreBuilder 9400 system:

When you configure a new switch, define multipoint aggregated links and reboot the system before you define other trunks and VLANs on the switch.

On a reboot, existing trunks and VLANs are deleted, and the default VLAN is restored. Trunked ports that were part of a VLAN before reboot are moved to the default VLAN. You must then redefine trunks or VLANs that you want to continue to use. See Chapter 11.

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

 

 

 

 

Mac type

Media type for the trunk.

Depends on your

(if you

 

configuration:

 

have more

 

FDDI

 

than one)

 

 

 

 

Fast_Ethernet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gigabit_Ethernet

 

 

 

10/100BASE-TX

 

 

 

100BASE-FX

 

 

 

1000BASE-SX

 

 

 

? (for a list of selectable

 

 

 

 

media types)

 

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