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The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner, including
communication mode (i.e., speed, duplex mode and flow control), VLAN assignments, and CoS
settings.

Any of the Gigabit ports on the front panel can be trunked together, including ports of different
media types.

All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from/to, added or deleted
from a VLAN.

STP, VLAN, and IGMP settings can only be made for the entire trunk.

Configuring a Static Trunk

Use the Interface > Trunk > Static page to create a trunk, assign member ports, and configure the
connection parameters.

FIGURE 49

Configuring Static Trunks

CLI References

“Link Aggregation Commands” on page 289

“Interface Commands” on page 261

Command Usage

When configuring static trunks, you may not be able to link switches of different types,
depending on the vendor’s implementation.

To avoid creating a loop in the network, be sure you add a static trunk via the configuration
interface before connecting the ports, and also disconnect the ports before removing a static
trunk via the configuration interface.

Parameters

These parameters are displayed:

Trunk ID – Trunk identifier. (Range: 1-12)

Member – The initial trunk member. Use the Add Member page to configure additional
members.

Unit – Unit identifier. (Range: 1)

Port – Port identifier. (Range: 1-12)

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