Quick Reference Guide

314 PowerConnect B-Series TI24X Configuration Guide
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Trunk group overview
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Flexible trunk group membership
This section describes flexible trunk group membership on the PowerConnect B-Series TI24X
devices.
PowerConnect B-Series TI24X devices
Trunking is supported on non-consecutive ports in a module. For example, you can configure ports
e 4, 6, and 7 (excluding e 5) together on a module as a trunk group. In releases prior to the above,
the ports in a trunk group must be consecutive. This feature is supported on static and LACP trunk
ports, as well as GbE and 10-GbE ports.
Viewing the first and last ports in a trunk group
Output for many of the show commands will show the first and last port in a trunk as
FirstPort-LastPort, if the ports are consecutive, and FirstPort*LastPort if the ports are not
consecutive.
With the configuration above, output from the show mac command resembles the following, which
shows the first and last ports.
PowerConnect#show mac
Total active entries from all ports = 1
MAC-Address Port Type Index
0007.e910.c201 7*21 Dynamic 2920
For a trunk group with members 7 to 9, the output from the show mac command resembles the
following.
PowerConnect#show mac
Total active entries from all ports = 1
MAC-Address Port Type Index
0007.e910.c201 7-9 Dynamic 2920
Trunk group load sharing
Trunk groups on the PowerConnect B-Series TI24X devices are not classified as switch trunk groups
or server trunk groups.
Devices load-share across the ports in the trunk group. The method used for the load sharing
depends on the following:
• Device type – Chassis device or Stackable device
• Traffic type – Layer 2 or Layer 3
• Software version your device is running
NOTE
Layer 3 routed IP is not load balanced. This traffic types will however still be forwarded on the
trunk ports.