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Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls, Port Trunking, and Filters

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . 9-5 CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . 9-6 Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 9-9

Port Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 Series 5300XL Switches Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . 9-11 Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18 Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24 Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25 Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30 Trunk Operation Using the “FEC” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30 How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31 Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31

Traffic/Security Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33 Filter Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Steps for Configuring Traffic/Security Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Filter Types and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38

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