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Porttrunkarea – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Command Reference

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portTrunkArea

Assigns or removes a trunk area (TA) from a port or port trunk group; displays masterless F_Port
trunking configuration.

Synopsis

porttrunkarea --enable [slot/]port1[-port2] -index port_index

porttrunkarea --disable [slot/]port1[-port2]

porttrunkarea --disable all

porttrunkarea --show disabled | enabled | trunk | all

porttrunkarea --show slot/port1[-port2]

Description

Use this command to assign a static trunk area (TA) on a port or port trunk group, to remove a TA
from a port or group of ports in a trunk, and to display masterless F_Port trunking information. In
Fabric OS v6.3.0 and later, the TA is identified by the port index number displayed in the output of
the switchShow command.

Masterless F_Port trunking interoperates between the Access Gateway (AG) and Condor-based
platforms. It is designed to (1) prevent reassignments of virtual addresses when F_Ports come
back online after going offline and (2) to increase N_Port bandwidth.

Assigning a TA to a port or trunk group enables F_Port masterless trunking on that port or trunk
group. When a TA is assigned to a port or trunk group, the ports immediately acquires the TA as the
area of their process IDs (PID). Likewise, when a TA is removed from a port or trunk group, the ports
reverts to the default area as their PID.

Use the --show option to obtain configuration details including the following information.

Slot

On enterprise-class platforms, displays the slotnumber.

Port

Displays the port number.

Type

Displays online masterless trunked F_Port or EX_Port if applicable. Otherwise
displays

--

.

State

Displays Trunk Master, Slave, or

--

.

Master

Displays the master port of the trunk group.

TA

On standalone switches, displays the user assigned TA number.

DA

On standalone switches, displays the default port area. The default area can
be a port swapped area.

TI

On enterprise-class platforms, displays the user-assigned TA port index.

DI

On enterprise-class platforms, displays the default port index. The default
port index can be a port swapped area.

The --show trunk option displays the following information:

Trunk Index

Displays the trunk index.

ptA->ptB

ptA indicates the local user port; ptB indicates the remote user port.

sp

Port speed in Gbps.