Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide

Section I: Basic Features

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The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Trunk Name:

7. Type a name for the trunk. The name can be up to 16 alphanumeric

characters. No spaces or special characters, such as asterisks and
exclamation points, are allowed. Each trunk must have a unique
name.

8. To set the load distribution method, type 3 to toggle the selection

through the following possible settings:

SRC MAC - Source MAC address

DST MAC - Destination MAC address

SRC/DST MAC - Source address /destination MAC address

SRC IP - Source IP address trunking

DST IP - Destination IP address trunking

SRC/DST IP - Source address /destination IP address

9. Type 4 to select Trunk Ports.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Trunk Ports [max up to 8 ports]:

10. Enter the ports of the trunk. A trunk can contain up to eight ports. You

can identify the ports individually (for example, 3,7,10), as a range (for
example, 5-11), or both (for example, 2,4,11-14).

11. Type C to select Create Trunk.

The port trunk is now active on the switch.

12. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then

type S to select Save Configuration Changes.

13. Configure the ports on the remote switch for port trunking.

14. Connect the cables to the ports of the trunk on the switch.

The port trunk is ready for network operations.