Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual page 570

Creating a New Group
Step 4. Configuring Virtual Ports
You can now enter configuration parameters for each switch port to be included in this
Group. These configuration parameters include the bridging mode, output format type, and
administrative state. In addition, if the port you are configuring is Ethernet (10/100 Mbps),
you can also configure port mirroring.
Prompts for configuring virtual ports follow directly after Group Mobility prompts. You can
choose to add ports now or add them later through the
a. After you have stepped through the Routing and/or Group Mobility prompts, the following
message displays:
You can assign physical ports to the new Group at this time. To begin assigning ports to
the new Group, press
To assign ports to the Group later, type
does not yet contain any ports. You can use the
the Group (see Adding Virtual Ports on page 19-44). A message similar to the following
displays confirming the creation of the new Group.
b. After indicating that you want to set up ports, the following prompt displays:
Enter the port or ports that you want to include in this new Group. The notation for
adding a port to a group is
OmniS/R-3 are numbered from 1 to 3 top to bottom and OmniS/R-5 slots are numbered
from 1 to 5 top to bottom. OmniS/R-9 slots are numbered 1-9, left to right. Port numbers
are labelled on the front panel of switching modules.
You may enter multiple ports from multiple switching modules. For example, to add ports
1 through 3 on the module in slot 2, specify
port on the module in the third slot, specify
would be:
c. If you enter a port that is already assigned to another Group, then you will be prompted
on whether or not you want to change its assignment. A message similar to the following
displays for each port that you enter:
Simply enter a
port parameters. You could also enter a
ters and skip port configuration prompts. If you enter a , all remaining ports are auto-
matically added to the Group with default settings, and your work is complete.
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and go to Step b.
at each port prompt to change its Group assignment and begin setting
command. Follow these steps:
and . The new Group is configured but
command later to assign ports to
. To additionally add the third and fifth
. The complete slot port specification
at this prompt to accept all default port parame-