SMC Networks SMC6724L3 manual Trunk Configuration

TRUNK CONFIGURATION

CLI - This example sets the rate limit for input and output traffic passing through port 1 to 60 Mbps.

Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/1	4-119
Console(config-if)#rate-limit input 60	4-136
Console(config-if)#rate-limit output 60
Console(config-if)#

Trunk Configuration

You can create multiple links between devices that work as one virtual, aggregate link. A port trunk offers a dramatic increase in bandwidth for network segments where bottlenecks exist, as well as providing a fault-tolerant link between two devices. You can create up to six trunks at a time.

The switch supports both static trunking and dynamic Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). Static trunks have to be manually configured at both ends of the link, and the switches must comply with the Cisco EtherChannel standard. On the other hand, LACP configured ports can automatically negotiate a trunked link with LACP-configured ports on another device. You can configure any number of ports on the switch as LACP, as long as they are not already configured as part of a static trunk. If ports on another device are also configured as LACP, the switch and the other device will negotiate a trunk link between them. If an LACP trunk consists of more than four ports, all other ports will be placed in a standby mode. Should one link in the trunk fail, one of the standby ports will automatically be activated to replace it.

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