Command Reference Guide

Fabric OS Command Reference 871
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portTrunkArea
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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. 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 slot number.
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.