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Chapter 11 Configuring VLANs Configuring VLAN Trunks
• If you try to enable IEEE 802.1x on a trunk port, an error message appears, and IEEE 802.1x is not
enabled. If you try to change the mode of an IEEE 802.1x-enabled port to trunk, the port mode is
not changed.
Configuring a Trunk Port
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure a port as an IEEE 802.1Q
trunk port:
To return an interface to its default configuration, use the default interface interface-id interface
configuration command. To reset all trunking characteristics of a trunking interface to the defaults, use
the no switchport trunk interface configuration command. To disable trunking, use the switchport
mode access interface configuration command to configure the port as a static-access port.
This example shows how to configure a port as an IEEE 802.1Q trunk with VLAN 33 as the native
VLAN:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet0/2
Switch(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
Switch(config-if)# switchport trunk native vlan 33
Switch(config-if)# end
Defining the Allowed VLANs on a Trunk
By default, a trunk port sends traffic to and receives traffic from all VLANs. All VLAN IDs, 1 to 4094,
are allowed on each trunk. However, you can remove VLANs from the allowed list, preventing traffic
from those VLANs from passing over the trunk. To restrict the traffi c a trunk ca rries, use the switchport
trunk allowed vlan remove vlan-list interface configuration command to remove specific VLANs from
the allowed list.
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2 interface interface-id Specify the port to be configured for trunking, and enter interface
configuration mode.
Step 3 no shutdown Enable the port, if necessary. By default, UNIs and ENIs are disabled, and
NNIs are enabled.
Step 4 switchport mode trunk Configure the interface as a Layer 2 trunk.
Step 5 switchport access vlan vlan-id (Optional) Specify the default VLAN, which is used if the interface stops
trunking.
Step 6 switchport trunk native vlan vlan-id Specify the native VLAN for IEEE 802.1Q trunks.
Step 7 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 8 show interfaces interface-id switchport Display the switchport configuration of the interface in the Administrative
Mode field of the display.
Step 9 show interfaces interface-id trunk Display the trunk configuration of the interface.
Step 10 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.