SilkWorm 4016 Hardware Reference Manual
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Publication Number: 53-1000175-01
ISL Trunking Groups
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ISL Trunking Groups
Brocade ISL Trunking is optional software that allows you to create trunking groups of ISLs between
adjacent switches.
If your SilkWorm 4016 switch has a Brocade ISL Trunking license, the external ports can be used as a
trunking group. Ports that can be used within the same trunking group are color-coded on the switch’s
port side for easy identification.
Trunking groups can be groups of two, three, or all four ports.
Table 1-4
lists the trunking group
possibilities for the SilkWorm 4016. These groups correspond with external port groups.
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The external ports can be used to form 2-port trunks, 3-port trunks, or a 4-port trunk. Trunking groups
are color-coded on the port side of the chassis for easy identification.
For details about Brocade ISL Trunking, see the
Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
.
Brocade Optional Features
The SilkWorm 4016 supports the following optional Brocade software, which is activated with the
purchase of the corresponding license key:
For detailed information on any of these features, refer to the
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
.
Table 1-4
ISL Trunking Group Options
# Active Ports
External Port #
Trunking groups
External: 4
Internal: 8
10, 11, 12, 13
10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13,
10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13
(any 2, 3, or 4 ports can be trunked together)
External: 6
Internal: 10
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
10+11, 10+12, 10+13, 10+11+12, 10+11+13,
10+12+13, 11+12+13, 10+11+12+13, 14+15
(any 2, 3, or 4 ports from the 10 to 13 group of ports
and one two port trunk with 14+15 2-port trunk)
Note
Only the external ports are available for trunking.
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Brocade Advanced Web Tools
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Brocade Advanced Zoning
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Brocade ISL Trunking
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Brocade Advanced Performance
Monitoring
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included with the SilkWorm 4016
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Brocade Fabric Watch
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Brocade Secure Fabric OS
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Port on Demand (POD) licensing
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Support for Brocade Fabric Access API and API
Scripting Toolkit
