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Chapter 10 Troubleshooting PortChannels and Trunking
Trunking Issues
Cannot Configure Trunking
Symptom
Cannot configure trunking.
VSAN Traffic Does Not Traverse Trunk
Symptom
VSAN traffic does not traverse trunk.
Table 10-3
Cannot Configure Trunking
Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution
Cannot configure
trunking.
Trunking protocol is disabled.
Enable trunking. In Fabric Manager, choose
Switches >
Interfaces > FC Logical
, select the
Trunk Config
tab, and
set the Admin drop-down menu to
trunk
. Click
Apply
Changes
.
Use the
trunk protocol enable
CLI command.
Table 10-4
VSAN Traffic Does Not Traverse Trunk
Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution
VSAN traffic does not
traverse trunk.
VSAN not in allowed-active VSAN
list.
Add VSAN to allowed-active list. In Fabric Manager,
choose
Switches > Interfaces > FC Logical
, select the
Trunk Config
tab, and set the Allowed VSANs field. Click
Apply Changes.
Use the
switchport trunk allowed vsan
CLI command.