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Optimizing Port Usage Through Traffic Control and Port Trunking

Chapter Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . 5

CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 6

Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . 9

Port Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Switch 2512 and 2524 Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . 11

Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Check the Event Log (page 11-11) to verify that the trunked

ports are operating properly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

CLI: Viewing and Configuring a Static or Dynamic

Port Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 20

Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Trunk Operation Using the “FEC” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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