CONFIGURING THE SWITCH
Command Usage
Besides balancing the load across each port in the trunk, the other ports provide redundancy by taking over the load if a port in the trunk fails. However, before making any physical connections between devices, use the Web interface or CLI to specify the trunk on the devices at both ends. When using a port trunk, take note of the following points:
•Finish configuring port trunks before you connect the corresponding network cables between switches to avoid creating a loop.
•The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports.
•When configuring static trunks, you may not be able to link switches of different types, depending on the manufacturer’s implementation.
•The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner, including communication mode (i.e., speed, duplex mode and flow control), VLAN assignments, and CoS settings.
•All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from/to, added or deleted from a VLAN.
•STP, VLAN, and IGMP settings can only be made for the entire trunk.
Command Attributes
•Current – Lists the ports currently configured as members of a static trunk.
