Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 210)

Chapter 11: Static Port Trunking Commands
210 Section I: Basic Operations
Modes
To create a static port trunk or to add ports to an existing trunk:
Port Interface mode
To change the load distribution method:
Static Port Trunk Interface mode
Description
These commands are used to create new static port trunks, to add ports to
existing trunks, and to change the load distribution methods of trunks. If
you specify an unused trunk ID number, the command creates a new
static port trunk. If the ID number is of an existing trunk, the ports are
added to the designated trunk.
When you create a new static port trunk, you have to assign it an ID
number, in the range of 1 to 32. This number is used to identify a trunk and
to give it a name. The name, assigned automatically by the management
software, consists of the prefix “sa” followed by the ID number. For
instance, if you assign a new trunk the ID number 5, its name will be “sa5.”
It is important not to confuse this number with the ID number that is
assigned automatically to new static port trunks that are created with the
other management interfaces. That number, which is referred to as the
TGID, has the same range but is completely unrelated. If, as an example,
you assigned a new trunk the ID number 5 with the AlliedWare Plus
command, its TGID number will be whatever the next available number
happens to be. The rule is, to modify a trunk created in the AlliedWare
Plus command interface, you have to specify its ID number, not its TGID
number.
These commands have the following rules and restrictions:
 When using the STATIC-CHANNEL-GROUP command to create new
trunks or to add ports to existing trunks, enter just the ID number of the
new or existing trunk.
 When you use the INTERFACE command prior to the PORT-
CHANNEL LOAD BALANCE command to change the load distribution
method of trunks, you must enter the full name of a trunk, which is “sa”
followed by the ID number.
 You cannot use the AlliedWare Plus commands to modify static port
trunks created with any of the other management interfaces.