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Create New Trunking Port
The Create New Trunking Port panel, displayed in Figure 31, is used to create Trunk Ports.
You can create up to seven trunking groups with up to eight ports in each group. Each
Trunking Group acts like a single port.
Figure 31: Create New Trunking Port
New Trunking Group Name
Is the name of the Tunking Group you are going to create. All Trunking Groups must have a
name.
Port #
Is the number of the port. The numbers on the panel match the ports on the DES-3216. Some
ports are not available for trunking. For example, port 3 has a status of N/A. Ports that are
shown as N/A are not available for inclusion in any trunking groups.
Name
This field identifies the TrunkGroup that the port has been assigned to. The field is open if
the port has not been assigned to a TrunkGroup.
Status
The status field can be either available or selected. Available indicates that the port is
available for inclusion in a TrunkGroup. Selected indicates the port has been assigned to a
TrunkGroup. All ports will have a status of available on this panel, even after they have been