Nortel Networks 1000ASE-XD - Manual (Page 79)

Chapter 2 Network configuration 79
Using the BayStack 420 10/100/1000 Switch
Switch S3 is configured as follows:
• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunk (1 to 6) that corresponds to the switch
ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.
• Trunk Members (Unit/Port) indicates the ports that can be configured, in
each row, to create the corresponding trunk. Ports 1 and 3 are assigned as
trunk members of trunk 1.
• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree participation setting for each of the
trunks. Trunk 1 is enabled for Normal STP Learning.
• Trunk Mode (read only) indicates the Trunk Mode for each of the trunks. The
Trunk Mode field value for trunk 1 is set to Basic. Source MAC addresses are
statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding,
which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source
addresses across the trunk members.
• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When set to
Enabled, the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated.
• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the
corresponding configured trunks.
Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4
The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the user of
this switch (for example, S3:T4 to S1 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch S3,
connects to Switch 1).
As shown in Figure 34 , Switch S4 is set up with one trunk configuration (T5).
This trunk connects directly to Switch S1.
As in the previous screen examples, to set up a trunk configuration, choose
MultiLink Trunk Configuration from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu
screen.