Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual - page 24
Helpful Hints for Configuring SmartTrunk
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9. After all ports have been added, highlight the
SmartTrunk State
field. Press
the
Spacebar
to select
ENABLED
.
10. Highlight the
SAVE
command, and then press the
Return
key.
11. Repeat this procedure on the device that is connected to the trunk ports just
configured.
12. Once both ends of the Trunk are configured, port states for the group will
change from Disabled to Enabled.
Creating a Second Trunk Group
To create a second trunk Group:
1. Highlight the
Add/Remove Group
field. Make sure the [ADD/DELETE] field
to the right on the same line is configured to [ADD].
2. Type the name of the SmartTrunk group you wish to create. Highlight the
SAVE
field, and then press the
Return
key.
3. Continue to add ports to the group as described in the preceding section.
In order to minimize the interruption to network traffic while trunking is being
configured, it is recommended that a port between the switches remains outside
the group until the trunking links are active.
As soon as you enable a trunking group on one end of the trunk, all traffic will
stop until the other end of the trunk is enabled. Leaving one port out of the group
will allow traffic to flow between switches while trunking is configured and
initialized. After the trunk group is running, the single port will block and the
trunking path will become the active data path. At this point, the single port may
be added to the trunking group.
If this is not possible, it is recommended that the trunking groups be created, and
ports added on both ends of the trunk before trunking is enabled. Reducing the
time between enabling both ends of the group will reduce network interruptions.
NOTE
The group must be created and saved prior to adding ports to the group.
NOTE