VLAN ID — ID of the configured VLAN (1-4094, no leading zeroes).

Name — Name of the VLAN (1 to 32 characters).

Ports — Port identifier.

Trunking

Ports can be statically grouped into a trunk, also known as an aggregated link under the IEEE 802.1ad standard. This increases the bandwidth of a network connection and ensures fault recovery. Trunking permits the connection of multiple ports to the same remote device in order to achieve higher network throughput.

Guidelines for creating Trunks

Any of the ports on the Switch can be used for creating a trunk.

This switch can support a maximum of 4 trunks.

Each trunk may contain up to 8 members.

A port may only be a member of one trunk at any one time.

All ports in a trunk must be configured in an identical manner, including communication mode (i.e., speed, duplex mode and flow control).

Use the Trunking Create/Modify/Delete page to create, configure or remove ports groups from trunks.

Figure 18 Trunking Screen

Trunk Number — Displays the number of the trunk.

Name — Allows you to label an interface. (Range: 1-64 characters)

Flow Control — Allows automatic or manual selection of flow control.

Speed Duplex — Allows auto-negotiation to be enabled or disabled. When auto-negotiation is disabled, you can force the settings for speed, duplex mode and flow control.

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