Ports and trunking

Configuring trunk groups (CLI example)

1.On Switch 1, configure trunk groups 5 and 3:

>> # /cfg/l2/trunk 5

(Select trunk group 5)

>> Trunk group 5# add 20

(Add port 20

to trunk group 5)

>> Trunk group 5# add 21

(Add port 21

to trunk group 5)

>> Trunk group 5# ena

(Enable trunk group 5)

>> Trunk group 5# apply

(Make your changes active)

>> # /cfg/l2/trunk 3

(Select trunk group 3)

>> Trunk group 3# add 18

(Add port 18

to trunk group 3)

>> Trunk group 3# add 19

(Add port 19

to trunk group 3)

>> Trunk group 3# ena

(Enable trunk group 3)

>> Trunk group 3# apply

(Make your changes active)

>> Trunk group 3# save

(Save for restore after reboot)

2.On Switch 2, configure trunk groups 4 and 2:

 

>> # /cfg/l2/trunk 4

(Select trunk group 4)

 

>> Trunk group 4# add 20

(Add port 20

to trunk group 4)

 

>> Trunk group 4# add 21

(Add port 21

to trunk group 4)

 

>> Trunk group 4# ena

(Enable trunk group 4)

 

>> Trunk group 4# apply

(Make your changes active)

 

>> # /cfg/l2/trunk 2

(Select trunk group 2)

 

>> Trunk group 2# add 18

(Add port 18

to trunk group 2)

 

>> Trunk group 2# add 19

(Add port 19

to trunk group 2)

 

>> Trunk group 2# ena

(Enable trunk group 2)

 

>> Trunk group 2# apply

(Make your changes active)

 

>> Trunk group 2# save

(Save for restore after reboot)

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: In this example, two switches are used. Any third-party device supporting link aggregation should be configured manually. Connection problems might arise when using automatic trunk group negotiation on the third-party device.

3.Examine the trunking information on each switch, using the following command:

>> /info/l2/trunk

(View trunking information)

Information about each port in each configured trunk group is displayed. Make sure that trunk groups consist of the expected ports and that each port is in the expected state.

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