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Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls,
Port Trunking, and Port-Based Priority
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . 9-5
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . 9-6
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 9-9
Port Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Switches 2650 and 6108 Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . 9-11
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Trunk Operation Using the “FEC” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
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