FIGURE
7-1
3.
Highlight the desired interfaces that you want to link in the
“Available Interfaces” window. This window lists all the P430 inter-
faces available on your machine.
4.
Click “Add Interface.” If you make a mistake, highlight the inter-
face and use the “Remove” button; this puts it back in the “Available
Interfaces” window.
5.
Select the PhobosLink Connection Type. The connection types are:
•
S
Y M M E T R I C
:
Use this setting if the ports on the P430 are connected
to a switch that supports and is configured for trunking. For example,
Cisco’s Fast EtherChannel or Sun Trunking.
•
A
SY M M E T R I C
:
Use this setting if the ports on the P430 in the group
are connected to a switch (or switches) that do not support trunking.
Under this setting, the P430 will balance the outgoing load across
all the ports in the group, but incoming data will only be received
on one port.
•
F
A I L O V E R
O
N LY
:
This setting enables only failover capability.
Only one port will be used at a time, with the link(s) serving as
backup. NOTE: that the Symmetric and Asymmetric trunking
modes also support failover. Use this setting only to obtain
failover functionality without trunking.
Summary of Contents for P430
Page 1: ......
Page 32: ...4 14...
