SilkWorm 4016 Hardware Reference Manual 1-7
Publication Number: 53-1000175-01
ISL Trunking Groups 1
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 color-coded on the switch’s
port side for easy identification.
Trunking groups can be groups of two, three, or all four ports. Tabl e 1-4 lists the trunking group
possibilities for the SilkWorm 4016. These groups correspond with external port groups.
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The external ports can be used to form 2-port trunks, 3-port trunks, or a 4-port trunk. Trunking groups
are color-coded on the port side of the chassis for easy identification.
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:
For detailed information on any of these features, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
Table 1-4 ISL Trunking Group Options
# Active Ports External Port # Trunking groups
External: 4
Internal: 8
10, 11, 12, 13 10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13,
10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13
(any 2, 3, or 4 ports can be trunked together)
External: 6
Internal: 10
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13,
10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13, 14+15
(any 2, 3, or 4 ports from the 10 to 13 group of ports
and one two port trunk with 14+15 2-port trunk)
Note
Only the external ports are available for trunking.
•Brocade Advanced Web Tools1
•Brocade Advanced Zoning1
•Brocade ISL Trunking
•Brocade Advanced Performance
Monitoring
1. included with the SilkWorm 4016
•Brocade Fabric Watch
•Brocade Secure Fabric OS
•Port on Demand (POD) licensing
•Support for Brocade Fabric Access API and API
Scripting Toolkit