3Com CoreBuilder 3500, Command Reference Manual

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HAPTER
11: T
RUNKS
Procedure
To modify trunk information for a bridge, follow these steps:
1
Enter the trunk index number, or to display the selectable trunks, enter
?
The system shows the media type for the trunk (for example,
Fast Ethernet
,
Gigabit Ethernet
, or
FDDI
).
2 At the prompt, enter the ports that you want to be part of the trunk, or
to display a port summary, enter
?
The maximum number of ports per trunk is 8 (for the CoreBuilder 3500
and the CoreBuilder 9000 Layer 3 modules).
3 To change the 10/100 operating mode, enter the new operating mode,
or to display information about the selectable values, enter
?
For Fast Ethernet, you can select 100 Mbps, running in half-duplex or
full-duplex mode. All ports in the trunk are set to the specified operating
mode.
4 To change the flow control setting for a Gigabit Ethernet trunk only, enter
a new flow control setting
5
To change the name of the trunk, enter the new name, or to view
information on how to specify a trunk name, enter
?
The name can have up to 32 characters. Use quotation marks around any
character string that has embedded spaces.
6 Enter the TCMP state
.
The system default is
enabled
.
If you modified the port information, the system displays a message to
inform you that the port configuration will change and then displays a
reboot prompt.
7 At the system prompt, to reboot the system, enter
y
(yes) and implement
the new trunk information, or to return to the previous menu, enter
n
(no).
Entering
n
(no) cancels the trunk changes. The system reports that it is
unable to continue with the trunk configuration.