Port Configuration 3

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.

Statically Configuring a Trunk

Command Usage

When configuring static trunks, you may not be able to link switches of different types, depending on the manufacturer’s implementation. However, note that the static trunks on this switch are Cisco EtherChannel compatible.

To avoid creating a loop in the network, be sure you add a static trunk via the configuration interface before connecting the ports, and also disconnect the ports before removing a static trunk via the configuration interface.

Command Attributes

active links

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Member List (Current) – Shows configured trunks (Trunk ID, Unit, Port).

New – Includes entry fields for creating new trunks.

-Trunk – Trunk identifier. (Range: 1-32)

-Port – Port identifier.

Web – Click Port, Trunk Membership. Enter a trunk ID of 1-32 in the Trunk field, select any of the switch ports from the scroll-down port list, and click Add. After you have completed adding ports to the member list, click Apply.

Figure 3-51 Configuring Static Trunks

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