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  Chapter 7: Ports and Trunking

BMD00220, October 2010

The trunking feature operates according to specific configuration rules. When creating trunks, 
consider the following rules that determine how a trunk group reacts in any network topology:

All trunks must originate from one device, and lead to one destination device. 

Any physical switch port can belong to only one trunk group.

Trunking from third-party devices must comply with Cisco

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All ports in a trunk must have the same link configuration (speed, duplex, flow control), the 
same VLAN properties, and the same Spanning Tree, storm control, and ACL configuration. It 
is recommended that the ports in a trunk be members of the same VLAN.

Each trunk inherits its port configuration (speed, flow control, tagging) from the first member 
port. As additional ports are added to the trunk, their settings must be changed to match the 
trunk configuration. 

When a port leaves a trunk, its configuration parameters are retained. 

You cannot configure a trunk member as a monitor port in a port-mirroring configuration.

Trunks cannot be monitored by a monitor port; however, trunk members can be monitored.

In the example below, three ports are trunked between two switches.

Port Trunk Group Configuration Example  

Prior to configuring each switch in the above example, you must connect to the appropriate 
switches as the administrator.

For details about accessing and using any of the commands described in this example, see 

the RackSwitch G8124 ISCLI Reference.

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