3Com 3C16476BS-US User Guide - Page 37

Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Trunks, Defining Trunk Membership, Viewing Trunk Information

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■ All ports in a trunk must be configured in an identical manner, including communication mode (that is, speed, duplex mode and flow control). Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Trunks Use the Modify/Delete tabe under Trunking to create, configure or remove ports groups from trunks. Figure 20 Modify/Delete Screen Configuring Trunking 37 Figure 21 Membership Screen ■ Trunk Number - Displays the number of the trunk. ■ Name - Allows you to label an interface. (Range: 1-64 characters) ■ Flow Control - Allows automatic or manual selection of flow control. ■ Speed Duplex - Allows auto-negotiation to be enabled or disabled. When auto-negotiation is disabled, you can force the settings for speed, duplex mode and flow control. Defining Trunk Membership Use the Membership screen to add ports to a group membership. ■ Port - The port number ■ Status - The status refers to the speed and duplex mode of the trunk members ■ Trunk - ID of trunk Viewing Trunk Information To view information on the configuration settings for the created trunks, click the Summary tab underTrunking.

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Configuring Trunking
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All ports in a trunk must be configured in an iden-
tical manner, including communication mode (that
is, speed, duplex mode and flow control).
Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Trunks
Use the Modify/Delete tabe under Trunking to create,
configure or remove ports groups from trunks.
Figure 20
Modify/Delete Screen
Trunk Number – Displays the number of the trunk.
Name – Allows you to label an interface. (Range:
1-64 characters)
Flow Control – Allows automatic or manual selec-
tion of flow control.
Speed Duplex – Allows auto-negotiation to be
enabled or disabled. When auto-negotiation is dis-
abled, you can force the settings for speed, duplex
mode and flow control.
Defining Trunk Membership
Use the Membership screen to add ports to a group
membership.
Figure 21
Membership Screen
Port – The port number
Status – The status refers to the speed and duplex
mode of the trunk members
Trunk – ID of trunk
Viewing Trunk Information
To view information on the configuration settings for
the created trunks, click the Summary tab under-
Trunking.