3Com 3500 manual Bridge link define, Important Considerations

330CHAPTER 13: RESILIENT LINKS

bridge link define

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For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 2 switching modules only.

Defines one or more links on the system. When you define a link, you specify ports and characteristics for the link.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

b l def

Important Considerations

■Connect the network cable to the resilient link ports after you reboot the system; failure to do so may create a bridge loop in your network.

■In general, create resilient links before you define your virtual LANs (VLANs). If you plan to create resilient links for part of a VLAN, create the resilient links before you create the VLAN.

■When you create a resilient link that includes ports that are part of a VLAN, those ports are removed from the VLAN. You must modify the VLAN and add the new bridge port to the appropriate VLAN. This situation does not apply to the default VLAN (all ports are part of the default VLAN).

■If you have already defined other resilient links or trunks on your system, you cannot select ports that are part of an existing resilient link pair or a trunk.

■You must reboot the system at the end of the link definition process. (You can define multiple links in one define operation.)

■The resilient link port pair uses a single MAC address for frames sourced by this pair.

■The resilient link name can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters.