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Overview, traffic patterns before designing/redesigning the fabric.

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Setting Up ISL Trunking in a Fabric Overview To utilize ISL Trunking in the fabric, the fabric must be designed to allow trunking groups to form. To identify the most useful trunking groups, evaluate the traffic patterns before designing/redesigning the fabric. Note: ISL Trunking is enabled by default for each port on the switch as shipped. For instructions on disabling and enabling Trunking capability for individual ports or all the ports on the switch, see "Enabling and Disabling Trunking" on page 33. 26 ISL Trunking Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide

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Setting Up ISL Trunking in a Fabric
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ISL Trunking Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide
Overview
To utilize ISL Trunking in the fabric, the fabric must be designed to allow
trunking groups to form. To identify the most useful trunking groups, evaluate the
traffic patterns before designing/redesigning the fabric.
Note:
ISL Trunking is enabled by default for each port on the switch as shipped. For
instructions on disabling and enabling Trunking capability for individual ports or all the
ports on the switch, see “
Enabling and Disabling Trunking
” on page 33.