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Creating a port trunk, From the main menu, select bridge > trunking – Allied Telesis AT-S86 User Manual

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Chapter 5: Port Trunking

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Creating a Port Trunk

To create a port trunk, perform the following procedure:

1. From the main menu, select Bridge > Trunking.

The Trunking page is shown in Figure 15.

Figure 15. Trunking Page

2. In the Show Trunk list, select Add a New Trunk.

3. In the Name field, type a name for the trunk.

4. In the Trunk ID field, choose a number for the trunk ID, from 1 to 10.

5. Select the ports you want to include in the trunk by clicking the port

icon in the graphic image of the switch front.

A check mark is placed for each port you select, as for example
Figure 16.

Figure 16. Trunk Ports Selected

You can select up to a maximum of 8 ports for each trunk which must
all be within the same VLAN.