Contents - ProCurve 6400cl Management And Configuration Manual

Port Trunking

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2
Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . 13-9
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 13-14
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21
LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22
Trunk Group Operation Using the "Trunk" Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-24
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-25
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . 13-25
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