HP 377707-002 manual Viewing Trunk Groups, Adding a Trunk Group

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Viewing Trunk Groups

To view the trunk groups on your Server Switch:

1.Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame.

2.Click the Trunk Groups branch. The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame. Table 6-6lists and describes the fields in this table.

Table 6-6:Trunk Groups Table Fields

Field	Description
ID	ID number of the trunk group.
Name	Name of the trunk group.
Port Members	Ports that belong to the trunk group.
Distribution Type	Distribution type of the trunk group. This field displays one of the
	following types:
	• srcMac—bases load distribution on the source MAC address of the
	incoming packet. Packets from different hosts use different ports in
	the channel, but packets from the same host use the same port in the
	trunk group.
	• dstMac—bases the load distribution on the destination host MAC
	address of the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination
	travel on the same port, but packets to different destinations travel on
	different ports in the trunk group.
	• srcDstMac—bases load distribution on the MAC address of the
	source logic gate (XOR) destination.
	• srcIp—bases the load distribution on the source IP address. Packets
	from the same source travel on the same port, but packets from
	different sources travel on different ports in the trunk group.
	• dstIp—bases the load distribution on the destination IP address of
	the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination travel on the
	same port, but packets to different destinations travel on different
	ports in the trunk group.
	• srcDstlp—bases load distribution on the IP address of the source
	logic gate (XOR) destination.
Trunk Group	Displays a checked Enable checkbox to indicate an active trunk group.
Enabled
MTU	Displays the MTU of the group.
MAC Address	MAC address of the trunk group.
IfIndex	Interface index of the trunk group.

Adding a Trunk Group

To add a trunk group:

1.Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame.

2.Click the Trunk Groups branch. The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame.

3.Click the Add button. The Add Ethernet Trunk Group window opens.

4.Enter a trunk group ID number in the ID field.

5.Enter a name for the trunk group in the Name field.