Allied Telesis AT-S60 - Manual (Page 133)

AT-S60 Management Software User’s Guide
Section I: Basic Features 133
3. Type 1 to select Create Trunk.
The following prompt is displayed.
Enter Trunk Name: ->
4. Enter an alphanumeric name that identifies the trunk, such as
universitytrunk7. Press Return.
You can select a name with a maximum of 16 alphanumeric
characters. In addition, the trunk name must contain one
alphabetic character. Trunk names must be unique. You cannot
enter a port name for this parameter.
The following prompt appears:
Enter Trunk Type: (1 - 10/100, 2 - GB): [1 to 2]
5. Enter a trunk type based on the speed of the ports and press Return.
Enter 1 for 10/100 Mbps ports.
Enter 2 for GBIC port or a port with speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps.
The following prompt appears:
Enter Trunk Ports:
6. Enter the ports that constitute the port trunk and press Return.
For information about how to specify ports, see Specifying Ports
on page 34.
For 10/100 Mbps port trunks, all the ports that comprise the trunk
must be on the same line card.
For 1,000 Mpbs port trunks, all the ports that make up the trunk
must be on different line cards.
Once you have specified the ports of the trunk, the following
message is displayed:
Please wait while Trunk is being created...Done!
New ID = 1
The Trunk Configuration menu is updated with information about
the new trunk.
7. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then
type S to select Save Configuration Changes.
8. Configure the ports on the remote switch for port trunking.
9. Connect the cables to the ports of the trunk on the switch.
The port trunk is ready for network operation.