ISL Trunking Groups
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ISL Trunking Groups
Brocade ISL Trunking is optional software that allows you to create trunking groups of ISLs between adjacent switches.
If your SilkWorm 4016 switch has a Brocade ISL Trunking license, the external ports can be used as a trunking group. Ports that can be used within the same trunking group are
Trunking groups can be groups of two, three, or all four ports. Table
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# Active Ports | External Port # | Trunking groups | |
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External: 4 |
| 10, 11, 12, 13 | 10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13, |
Internal: 8 |
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| 10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13 |
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External: 6 |
| 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | 10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13, |
Internal: 10 |
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| 10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13, 14+15 |
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| (any 2, 3, or 4 ports from the 10 to 13 group of ports |
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| and one two port trunk with 14+15 |
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Only the external ports are available for trunking.
The external ports can be used to form
For details about Brocade ISL Trunking, see the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
Brocade Optional Features
The SilkWorm 4016 supports the following optional Brocade software, which is activated with the purchase of the corresponding license key:
•Brocade Advanced Web Tools1
•Brocade Advanced Zoning1
•Brocade ISL Trunking
•Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring
•Brocade Fabric Watch
•Brocade Secure Fabric OS
•Port on Demand (POD) licensing
•Support for Brocade Fabric Access API and API Scripting Toolkit
1.included with the SilkWorm 4016
For detailed information on any of these features, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
SilkWorm 4016 Hardware Reference Manual |
