San Switch Isl Trunking Groups; Trunking Groups Example - HP StorageWorks 8/40 - SAN Switch Hardware Reference Manual

SAN Switch ISL Trunking groups

All 8-Gb SAN Switch models support Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking as an optional, licensed feature
for FC ports. When this feature is enabled, trunked groups of up to eight contiguous ports are created.
For example, the Fibre Channel ports on the SAN Switch are numbered from left to right and
color-coded into groups of eight to indicate which ports you can combine into trunked groups.
9 shows the 8/8 SAN Switch with three trunked groups of eight ports.
NOTE:
If your 8-Gb SAN Switch is licensed for ISL Trunking (for example, Power Pack+ models ship with
this license), use the trunking groups available on the switch.
1. Trunk group 1: Ports 0 through 7
2. Trunk group 2: Ports 8 through 15
Figure 9 Trunking groups example
For more information about trunking, see the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS administrator guide for
the firmware version you are running.
3. Trunk group 3: Ports 16 though 23
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