HP ProCurve 2810 Series

The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-31
Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
11 Port Trunking
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Port Connections and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Link Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Port Trunk Options and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
CLI: Viewing and Configuring a Static or
Dynamic Port Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group 11-13
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16
Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-19
LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . 11-24
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