Cisco Systems DSC9148D8G48PK9 manual Information About Trunking, Trunking E Ports

C H A P T E R 5

Configuring Trunking

•Information About Trunking, page 5-1

•Guidelines and Limitations, page 5-7

•Default Settings, page 5-11

•Configuring Trunking, page 5-11

•Verifying Trunking Configuration, page 5-13

•Configuration Example for F Port Trunking, page 5-14

Information About Trunking

Trunking, also known as VSAN trunking, is a feature specific to switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Trunking enables interconnect ports to transmit and receive frames in more than one VSAN, over the same physical link. Trunking is supported on E ports and F ports (See Figure 5-1and Figure 5-2).

This section includes the following topics:

•Trunking E Ports, page 5-1

•Trunking F Ports, page 5-2

•Key Concepts, page 5-3

•Trunking Protocols, page 5-3

•Trunk Modes, page 5-4

•Trunk-Allowed VSAN Lists and VF_IDs, page 5-5

Trunking E Ports

Trunking the E ports enables interconnect ports to transmit and receive frames in more than one VSAN, over the same physical link, using enhanced ISL (EISL) frame format.

	Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
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