Enterasys Networks FN 100 - Manual (Page 47)

The Port Trunking Window 4-5
Using FN100 Trunking
Enabling and Disabling Trunking
To enable trunking for your FN100 ports using the Port Trunking window:
1. In the port selection list, click on an entry representing a port for which you
would like to enable trunking.
2. Click on Enable. The trunking table will update to include the new trunking
selection.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each port for which you want to enable trunking.
802.1D Spanning Tree takes about 30 seconds to resolve which FN100 ports in a
trunk group are to become forwarding ports. As ports within a trunk group
become forwarding ports, traffic within the trunk group will be momentarily
halted to guarantee the first-in, first-out ordering of Ethernet packets.
To disable trunking for your FN100 ports using the Port Trunking window:
1. In the port selection list, click on an entry representing a port for which you
would like to disable trunking.
2. Click on Disable. The trunking table will update to reflect the new trunking
selection.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each port for which you want to disable trunking.
NOTE
Connections between FN switches must be point-to-point; there cannot be any other
devices on those segments. The FN100 ports used for trunking can be in any order.
Remember, though, that the switches on both ends of the connections must have trunking
enabled for their ports which are used for the connections.