Table Of Contents
Ethernet Tasks
Viewing Bridge Groups
Viewing Bridge Group Properties
Adding Bridge Groups
Configuring Bridge Groups
Deleting Bridge Groups
Viewing Bridge Subnets
Adding a Bridge Subnet
Deleting a Bridge Subnet
Viewing Bridge Forwarding
Adding Bridge Forwarding
Deleting Bridge Forwarding
Viewing Redundancy Groups
Creating a Redundancy Group
Deleting a Redundancy Group
Viewing Redundancy Group Properties
Viewing Trunk Groups
Adding a Trunk Group
Viewing Trunk Group Properties
Configuring a Trunk Group
Deleting a Trunk Group
Ethernet Tasks
This chapter describes the Chasis Manager Ethernet tasks and contains these sections:
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Viewing Bridge Groups
•Viewing Bridge Subnets
•Viewing Bridge Forwarding
•Viewing Redundancy Groups
•Viewing Trunk Groups
Viewing Bridge Groups
To view the bridge groups on your Server Switch, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Groups branch.
The Bridge Groups table appears in the View frame. Table 6-1 describes the fields in this table.
Table 6-1 Bridge Groups Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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ID
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Bridge group ID number.
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Name
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Bridge group name.
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Ethernet Port
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Trunk group and ports available that the bridge group uses to connect to the Ethernet switch.
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IB Port
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Internal gateway slot#/port# that is associated with the bridge-group.
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IB P_KEY
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InfiniBand partition key of the bridge group.
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Broadcast Forwarding
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Broadcast forwarding configuration of the bridge group.
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Viewing Bridge Group Properties
To view the properties of a bridge group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Groups branch.
The Bridge Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the bridge group whose properties you want to view, and then click Properties.
The Ethernet Chassis Manager window opens and displays the properties of the bridge group. Table 6-2 describes the fields in this window.
Table 6-2 Ethernet Chassis Manager Window Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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ID
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ID number of the bridge group.
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Name
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Name of the bridge group.
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Broadcast Forwarding
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Displays a checked box when broadcast forwarding runs.
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Redundancy Group ID
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ID of the redundancy group to which the bridge group belongs.
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Admin Failover Priority
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Failover priority of the bridge group.
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Oper Failover Priority
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Active failover priority of the bridge group.
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Broadcast Forwarding Mode
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Active broadcast forwarding mode.
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IP Multicast Mode
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Active IP multicast mode.
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Loop Protection Method
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Displays the loop protection method of the group.
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IP Multicast
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Displays a checked box when IP multicasting runs.
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Ethernet Port pull-down menu
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Displays the trunk or ports that the bridge group uses to connect to the Ethernet switch.
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Vlan
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Virtual LAN (VLAN) identifier of the group.
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IB Port pull-down menu
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Displays the IB port that the bridge group uses.
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IB P_KEY
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Partition key of the bridge group.
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Adding Bridge Groups
To create a new bridge group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Groups branch.
The Bridge Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click Add.
The Add Ethernet Bridge Group window appears.
Step 4 Enter a bridge group ID number in the ID field.
Step 5 Click the none radio button or the one radio button in the Loop Protection Method field to choose a protection method.
Step 6 (Optional) Check the Enable check box in the IP Multicast field to enable IP multicasting.
Step 7 Select a port from the Ethernet Port pull-down menu.
Step 8 Enter a virtual LAN in the Vlan field.
Step 9 Select an IB gateway port from the IB Port pull-down menu.
Step 10 (Optional) Enter a partition key in the IB P_KEY field.
Step 11 Click Apply.
Configuring Bridge Groups
To configure the properties of a bridge group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Groups branch.
The Bridge Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the bridge group whose properties you want to view, and then click Properties.
The Ethernet Chassis Manager window opens.
Step 4 (Optional) Enter a name for the bridge group in the Name field.
Step 5 (Optional) Enter the IP address of the next Ethernet hop of the bridge group in the Ethernet Next Hop field.
Step 6 (Optional) Enter the IP address of the next destination for packets that enter from the IB fabric in the IB Next Hop field.
Step 7 (Optional) Check (or uncheck) the Enable check box in the Broadcast Forwarding field.
Step 8 (Optional) Enter an integer value in the Redundancy Group ID field.
Step 9 (Optional) Enter an integer value in the Admin Failover Priority field.
Step 10 (Optional) Click the none radio button or one radio button in the Loop Protection Method field.
Step 11 (Optional) Check (or uncheck) the Enable check box in the IP Multicast field.
Step 12 (Optional) Select a port from the Ethernet Port pull-down menu.
Step 13 (Optional) Enter a virtual LAN ID in the Vlan field.
Step 14 (Optional) Select a gateway port from the IB Port pull-down menu.
Step 15 (Optional) Enter a partition key in the IB P_KEY field.
Step 16 Click Apply.
Deleting Bridge Groups
To delete a bridge group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Groups branch.
The Bridge Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the bridge group that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
Viewing Bridge Subnets
To view bridge subnets, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Subnet branch.
The Bridge Subnet display appears in the View frame. Table 6-3 describes the fields in this display.
Table 6-3 Bridge Subnets Field Descriptions
Field
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Descriptions
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ID
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Subnet ID number
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Subnet Prefix
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Subnet prefix, in A.B.C.D format.
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Subnet Prefix Len
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Length of the subnet prefix.
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Adding a Bridge Subnet
To add a bridge subnet, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Subnet branch.
Step 3 Click Add.
The Add Ethernet Bridge Group Subnet window opens.
Step 4 Enter an integer value in the ID field to assign an ID number to the subnet.
Step 5 Enter the subnet prefix in the Subnet Prefix field in A.B.C.D format.
Step 6 Enter an integer value in the Subnet Prefix Len field to configure a length for the subnet prefix.
Step 7 Click Apply.
Deleting a Bridge Subnet
To delete a bridge subnet, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Subnet branch.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the subnet that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
Viewing Bridge Forwarding
To view bridge forwarding, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Forwarding branch.
The Bridge Forwarding display appears in the View frame. Table 6-4 describes the fields in this display.
Table 6-4 Bridge Forwarding Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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ID
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Integer-value identifier of the bridge group.
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Port Type
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Displays eth for IP and ib for IPoIB.
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Dest Address
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Final destination of the packets.
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Dest Length
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Number of hops to the destination.
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Next Hop
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First hop out of the Server Switch to forward packets that you ultimately want to arrive at the destination.
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Subnet Prefix
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Subnet prefix of the bridge group.
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Prefix Length
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Subnet prefix length, in bits, of the bridge group.
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Adding Bridge Forwarding
To add a bridge subnet, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Forwarding branch.
Step 3 Click Add.
The Add Ethernet Bridge Group Forwarding window opens.
Step 4 Enter the ID of the bridge group in the ID field.
Step 5 Click the eth or ib radio button to specify IP or IPoIB.
Step 6 Enter an IP address in the Destination Address field.
Step 7 Enter the destination length in the Dest Length field.
Step 8 Enter the IP address of the next hop in the Next Hop field.
Step 9 Inter the subnet prefix in the Subnet Prefix field.
Step 10 Enter the subnet prefix length, in bits, in the Prefix Length field.
Step 11 Click Apply.
Deleting Bridge Forwarding
To delete a bridge subnet, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Bridge Forwarding branch.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the forwarding group that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
Viewing Redundancy Groups
To view the redundancy groups on your Server Switch, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Redundancy Group branch.
The Redundancy Group display appears in the View menu. Table 6-5 describes the fields in this display.
Table 6-5 Redundancy Group Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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ID
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ID number of the redundancy group.
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Name
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Name of the redundancy group.
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Multicast PKey
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Partition key of the multicast group to which the redundancy group belongs.
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Load balancing
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Displays enabled if load balancing runs; otherwise displays disabled.
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Members
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Number of members in the redundancy group.
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Creating a Redundancy Group
To create a redundancy group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Redundancy Group branch.
Step 3 Click Add.
An Add Ethernet Redundancy Group window opens.
Step 4 Enter an integer in the ID field.
Step 5 Enter an ASCII text name in the Name field.
Step 6 (Optional) Check the Enable check box in the Load Balancing field.
Step 7 (Optional) Check the Enable check box in the Broadcast Forwarding Mode field.
Step 8 (Optional) Check the Enable check box in the Ip Multicast Mode field.
Step 9 Click Apply.
Deleting a Redundancy Group
To delete a redundancy group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Redundancy Group branch.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the redundancy group whose properties you want to view.
Step 4 Click Delete.
Viewing Redundancy Group Properties
To view redundancy group properties, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Redundancy Group branch.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the redundancy group whose properties you want to view.
Step 4 Click Properties.
A Redundancy Group Properties window opens. Table 6-6 describes the fields in this window.
Table 6-6 Redundancy Group Properties Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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ID
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ID number of the redundancy group.
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Name
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Name of the redundancy group.
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Multicast PKey
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Partition key of the multicast group to which the redundancy group belongs.
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Load Balancing
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Displays enabled if load balancing runs; otherwise displays disabled.
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Members
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Number of members in the redundancy group.
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Action
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Provides a pull-down menu of actions to execute with the group.
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Result
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Result of the action that you apply in the Action field.
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Broadcast Forwarding Mode
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Displays a checked or unchecked Enable check box.
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Ip Multicast Mode
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Displays a checked or unchecked Enable check box.
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Viewing Trunk Groups
To view the trunk groups on your Server Switch, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Trunk Groups branch.
The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame. Table 6-7 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 6-7 Trunk Groups Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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ID
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ID number of the trunk group.
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Name
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Name of the trunk group.
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Port Members
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Ports that belong to the trunk group.
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Distribution Type
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Distribution type of the trunk group. This field displays one of the following types:
•srcMac bases load distribution on the source MAC address of the incoming packet. Packets from different hosts use different ports in the channel, but packets from the same host use the same port in the trunk group.
•dstMac bases the load distribution on the destination host MAC address of the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination travel on the same port, but packets to different destinations travel on different ports in the trunk group.
•srcDstMac bases load distribution on the MAC address of the source logic gate (XOR) destination.
•srcIp bases the load distribution on the source IP address. Packets from the same source travel on the same port, but packets from different sources travel on different ports in the trunk group.
•dstIp bases the load distribution on the destination IP address of the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination travel on the same port, but packets to different destinations travel on different ports in the trunk group.
•srcDstlp bases load distribution on the IP address of the source logic gate (XOR) destination.
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Trunk Group Enabled
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Displays a checked Enable check box to indicate an active trunk group.
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MTU
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Maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the group.
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MAC Address
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MAC address of the trunk group.
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IfIndex
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Interface index of the trunk group.
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Adding a Trunk Group
To add a trunk group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Trunk Groups branch.
The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click Add.
The Add Ethernet Trunk Group window opens.
Step 4 Enter a trunk group ID number in the ID field.
Step 5 Enter a name for the trunk group in the Name field.
Step 6 In the Port Members field, check the check boxes of the ports that you want to include.
Step 7 Check the check box of a particular card to automatically check all ports on that card.
Step 8 Click the radio button of the distribution type to apply to the trunk group in the Distribution Type field.
Step 9 (Optional) Check the Trunk Group Enabled check box to immediately enable the trunk group.
Step 10 Click Apply.
Viewing Trunk Group Properties
To view the properties of a trunk group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Trunk Groups branch.
The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the trunk group whose properties you want to view, and then click Properties.
The Ethernet Trunk Group Properties window opens. Table 6-8 describes the fields in this window.
Table 6-8 Ethernet Trunk Group Properties Window Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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ID
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ID number of the trunk group.
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Name
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Name of the trunk group.
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Port Members
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Ports that belong to the trunk group.
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Distribution Type
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Distribution type of the trunk group. This field displays one of the following types:
•srcMac bases load distribution on the source MAC address of the incoming packet. Packets from different hosts use different ports in the channel, but packets from the same host use the same port in the channel.
•dstMac bases the load distribution on the destination host MAC address of the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination travel on the same port, but packets to different destinations travel on different ports in the channel.
•srcDstMac bases load distribution on the MAC address of the source logic gate (XOR) destination.
•srcIp bases the load distribution on the source IP address. Packets from the same source travel on the same port, but packets from different sources travel on different ports in the channel.
•dstIp bases the load distribution on the destination IP address of the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination travel on the same port, but packets to different destinations travel on different ports in the channel.
•srcDstlp bases load distribution on the IP address of the source logic gate (XOR) destination.
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Trunk Group Enabled
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Displays a checked Enable check box to indicate an active trunk group.
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MTU
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Maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the group.
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MAC Address
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Media Access Control (MAC) address of the trunk group, such as 00:05:ad:01:59:30. This is a unique physical address associated with the trunk (link-aggregated) interface. This address is separate from the individual port MAC addresses.
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IfIndex
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Displays a management software unique identifier for all physical and logical (trunks, gateway-ports) interfaces.
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Configuring a Trunk Group
To configure an existing trunk group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Trunk Groups branch.
The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the group that you want to delete, and then click Properties.
The Ethernet Trunk Group Properties window opens.
Step 4 (Optional) Create or change the name of the trunk group in the Name field.
Step 5 (Optional) Check or uncheck check boxes in the Port Members field to add or remove ports from the group.
Step 6 (Optional) Click a radio button in the Distribution Type field to change the type.
Step 7 (Optional) Check or uncheck the Enabled check box in the Trunk Group Enabled field to enable or disable the trunk group.
Step 8 Click Apply.
Deleting a Trunk Group
To delete a trunk group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Ethernet in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Select the Trunk Groups branch.
The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the group that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
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