Asymmetric Mode; Multilink Trunk Configuration Menu Screen - Nortel business policy switch 2000 User Manual

Asymmetric mode

This mode allows the link partner to send flow control pause frames to the Gigabit
MDA port. When a pause frame is received, the receiving port suspends
transmission of frames for a number of slot times specified in the control frame or
until a pause-release control frame is received.
In this mode, the Gigabit MDA port is disabled from transmitting pause frames to
its link partner. Use this mode when the Gigabit MDA port is connected to a
buffered repeater device.

MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen

The MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen
the appropriate screen to configure up to six MultiLink Trunks (you can group up
to four switch ports together to form each trunk).
You can configure up to six MultiLink Trunks in each stack, with trunk members
in either a single unit or distributed between units within the stack configuration
(distributed trunking).
You can monitor the bandwidth usage for the trunk member ports within each
trunk. For more information about configuring MultiLink Trunks, see Chapters 1
and 2.
Note: When a trunk is not active (Trunk Status field set to Disabled),
configuration changes do not take effect until you set the Trunk Status
field to Enabled.
To open the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen:
➨
Choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration (or press t) from the Switch
Configuration Menu screen.
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