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Viewing Trunk Groups
To view the trunk groups on your Server Switch:
1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame.
2. Click the Trunk Groups branch. The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame.
Table 6-6
lists and describes the fields in this table.
Adding a Trunk Group
To add a trunk group:
1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame.
2. Click the Trunk Groups branch. The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame.
3. Click the Add button. The Add Ethernet Trunk Group window opens.
4. Enter a trunk group ID number in the ID field.
5. Enter a name for the trunk group in the Name field.
Table 6-6: Trunk Groups Table Fields
Field Description
ID ID number of the trunk group.
Name Name of the trunk group.
Port Members Ports that belong to the trunk group.
Distribution Type Distribution type of the trunk group. This field displays one of the
following types:
•
srcMac—bases load distribution on the source MAC address of the
incoming packet. Packets from different hosts use different ports in
the channel, but packets from the same host use the same port in the
trunk group.
• dstMac—bases the load distribution on the destination host MAC
address of the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination
travel on the same port, but packets to different destinations travel on
different ports in the trunk group.
• srcDstMac—bases load distribution on the MAC address of the
source logic gate (XOR) destination.
• srcIp—bases the load distribution on the source IP address. Packets
from the same source travel on the same port, but packets from
different sources travel on different ports in the trunk group.
• dstIp—bases the load distribution on the destination IP address of
the incoming packet. Packets to the same destination travel on the
same port, but packets to different destinations travel on different
ports in the trunk group.
• srcDstlp—bases load distribution on the IP address of the source
logic gate (XOR) destination.
Trunk Group
Enabled Displays a checked Enable checkbox to indicate an active trunk group.
MTU Displays the MTU of the group.
MAC Address MAC address of the trunk group.
IfIndex Interface index of the trunk group.