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4-20 Dell PowerVault 720N, 740N, and 760N System Administrator and Command Reference Guide
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To use a multiple-mode trunk, you need a switch that supports manually configurable
trunking over multiple port connections. The switch determines how to forward
incoming packets to the filer, so you configure the switch so that all the port connec-
tions are part of a single logical port. For information about configuring the switch, see
the switch documentation.
Filer network interfaces that are part of the same trunk do not have to be on the same
network card, but some Ethernet switches and routers require that all members of
the trunk be either half duplex or full duplex.
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The feature that supports trunking is known as a virtual network interface, or virtual
interface. The filer treats a virtual interface in the same way as a physical interface,
except for the ifstat command, which does not show virtual interface information.
The vif command is customized for virtual interfaces and can provide information
that ifconfig cant. For example, to get status information about a virtual interface,
use the vif status command rather than ifstat.
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The name of a virtual interface is a string that is no longer than 15 characters that
meets the following criteria:
It must begin with a letter.
It must not contain a space.
It must not already be in use for a virtual interface.
Virtual interface names are case-sensitive.
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