Chapter 5 Configuring Trunking

Information About Trunking

Figure 5-1

Trunking E Ports

Switch 1

 

Any other

Switch 1

Switch 2

 

ISL

switch

 

EISL

 

 

 

E port

E port

 

TE port

TE port

 

 

 

 

Trunking

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Note Trunking is not supported by internal ports on both the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c_Class BladeSystem and the Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter.

Trunking F Ports

Trunking F ports allows interconnected ports to transmit and receive tagged frames in more than one VSAN, over the same physical link.

Figure 5-2represents the possible trunking scenarios in a SAN with MDS core switches, NPV switches, third-party core switches, and HBAs.

Figure 5-2

Trunking F Ports

3rd party Core

Switch

TF

3

 

MDS Core

EVFP

 

Switch

 

1a

 

 

F

TF

TF

 

 

TN

 

4

2

 

 

HB A

EPP

EPP

EPP

5

EVFP

NP TNP TNP

TNP

NPV Switch

FTF

N

HB A

1b

EVFP

TN

HB A

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Link Number

Link Description

 

 

1a and 1b

F port trunk with N port.1

2

F port trunk with NP port.

 

 

 

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