N-Tron 9000 Series - Manual (Page 109)

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Trunk related commands
Enable or Disable Trunking
Command Name trunk set <enable | disable> <trunk-id>
Description To enable or disable the trunk that is already created.
Syntax trunk set enable <trunk-id>
trunk set disable <trunk-id>
Parameters trunk-id
Unique number given to a trunk for recognition.
Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> trunk set enable 5
Trunk with Id [5] has been activated.
N-TRON/Admin#[1]> trunk set disable 5
Trunk with Id [5] has been deactivated.
NOTES RSTP must be disabled in order to use Trunking. All trunk ports must be at
the same speed and duplex mode. It is best to hard code speed and duplex
mode for each trunking link, at both ends.
Modify Trunk
Command Name trunk modify
Description To add new required ports to the trunk in order to withstand high traffic.
Syntax trunk modify <trunk-id> <trunk-name> <port-list>
Parameters trunk-id
Unique number given to a trunk for recognition.
trunk-name
Name given to a trunk
port-list
Port numbers to be in the trunk.
Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> trunk modify 1 trunk1 1-4
NOTES Maximum number of 4 ports can be in a trunk. All trunk ports must be at
the same speed and duplex mode. If a port is not linked, there could be
difficulty as to similar speed and duplex mode. It is best to hard code speed
and duplex mode for each trunking link, at both ends.
Create Trunk
Command Name trunk create
Description To create a trunk we use this command. In order to get more bandwidth to
withstand high traffic onto ports we create trunks.
Syntax trunk create <port-list> <trunk-type> [-id <trunk-id>] [-name <trunk-
name>]
Parameters trunk-id
ID is unique number given to a trunk for recognition.
trunk-name.
Name given to a trunk
port-list
Port numbers to be added to the trunk.
Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> trunk create 4-7 –name trunk1 –id 5
NOTES RSTP must be disabled in order to use Trunking. Only 1 trunk
can be created per switch. Maximum number of 4 ports can be in a trunk.
All trunk ports must be at the same speed and duplex mode. If a port is not
linked, there could be difficulty as to similar speed and duplex mode. It is
best to hard code speed and duplex mode for each trunking link, at both
ends.