Alcatel Omni Switch/Router, User Manual

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OmniChannel
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If the port you enter is already part of another OmniChannel, then it cannot be used in a
second OmniChannel. The following message displays for those ports that are already
part of another OmniChannel:
Primary port in use
5. The following prompt displays:
To select a port, use the convention - Slot/Physical Port.
For eg. 2/1 is used to select Physical Port 1 on Slot 2
Secondary Slot/Port:
Enter the other ports that will be used in this OmniChannel. Up to four (4) Fast Ethernet
Ports may participate in an OmniChannel. Therefore, you can specify up to three (3)
additional ports which will initially become secondary ports. These secondary ports must
be on the same module as the primary port. Secondary ports do not participate in the
Spanning Tree algorithm; they are used for data transmission only.
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Note
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As explained in Step 4 above, a port that you initially
configure as a secondary port can become a primary
port.
Specifying a Range of Ports
. To specify a range of ports, enter the slot number, a slash (/),
the port number for the first secondary port, a dash (-), and the port number for the last
secondary port. For example, to specify ports 3, 4, and 5 on the Fast Ethernet module in
slot 2 as secondary ports in an OmniChannel, you would enter:
2/3-5
Specifying Multiple Ports
. To specify multiple ports (on the same module) that are not
physically contiguous, enter the slot number, a slash (/), the port number for the first
secondary port, a comma (,), and then the slot and port for the next secondary port. For
example, to specify ports 3 and 5 on the Fast Ethernet module in slot 2, you would enter:
2/3, 2/5
The order in which you specify secondary ports is important. In the event of a failure on
the primary port, the first secondary port specified will become the primary port in the
OmniChannel and participate in Spanning Tree.
Messages will display, informing you that secondary ports were saved in flash memory:
Successfully saved sec port in flash
Successfully saved sec port in flash