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6.Check, in the Port Members field, the checkboxes of the ports that you want to include.

NOTE: Check the checkbox of a particular card to automatically check all ports on that card.

7.Click the radio button of the distribution type to apply to the trunk group in the Distribution Type field.

8.Click the Apply button.

Viewing Trunk Group Properties

To view the properties of 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 radio button next to the trunk group whose properties you want to view, then click the Properties button. The Ethernet Trunk Group Properties window opens. Table 6-7lists and describes the elements in this window.

Table 6-7:Ethernet Trunk Group Properties Window Elements

Element

Description

ID field

ID number of the trunk group.

 

 

Name field

Name of the trunk group.

 

 

Port Members field

Ports that belong to the trunk group.

 

 

Distribution Type field

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 channel.

 

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 channel.

 

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

 

channel.

 

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 channel.

 

srcDstlp—bases load distribution on the IP address of the

 

source logic gate (XOR) destination.

 

 

Trunk Group Enabled field

Displays a checked Enable checkbox to indicate an active trunk

 

group.

 

 

MTU field

Displays the MTU of the group.

 

 

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