Optimizing Traffic Flow With Port Controls, Port Trunking, And Port-Based Priority; Contents - HP ProCurve Series 4100GL Management And Configuration Manual

Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls,
Port Trunking, and Port-Based Priority

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-5
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-6
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . 10-9
Port Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16
CLI: Viewing and Configuring a Static or Dynamic Port Trunk
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Trunk Group Operation Using the "Trunk" Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Trunk Operation Using the "FEC" Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets . . . . . . . . 10-34
The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37
Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38
Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38
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