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2. Enter the portCfgShow command to ensure that the ports have trunking enabled. If trunking is not enabled, enter the
portCfgTrunkPort port 1 command.
3. Enter the portDisable command for each port to be included in the TA.
4. Enter theportTrunkArea --enable command to enable the trunk area.
For example, the following command creates a TA for ports 36-39 with index number 37.
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --enable 36-39 -index 37
Trunk index 37 enabled for ports 36, 37, 38 and 39.
When you assign a trunk area on a port, trunking is automatically enabled on the F_Ports. The portTrunkArea command does
not unassign a TA if its previously assigned Area_ID is the same Address Identifier (Area_ID) of the TA unless all the ports in
the trunk group are specified to be unassigned.
5. Enter the portEnable command to re-enable the ports in the TA.
F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters
You can configure trunking between the F_Ports on an edge switch and the Brocade adapters.
In addition to the requirements listed in Requirements for trunk groups on page 469, note the following requirements, which are specific
to F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters:
∙ The edge switch must be running in Native mode. You cannot configure trunking between the Brocade adapters and the
F_Ports of an Access Gateway module.
∙ You can configure only two F_Ports in one trunk group.
Refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide for information about configuring the corresponding N_Port trunking on the
Access Gateway and the Brocade adapter.
Configuring F_Port trunking for a Brocade adapter
F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters requires configuration on the FC switch as well as on the Brocade HBAs. This section describes
the configuration steps you perform on the switch. Refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide for a detailed description and
requirements of N_Port trunking on the adapters.
1. On the switch side, perform the following steps:
a) Configure both ports for trunking by using the portCfgTrunkPort command.
switch:admin> portcfgtrunkport 3/40 1
switch:admin> portcfgtrunkport 3/41 1
b) Disable the ports to be used for trunking by using the portDisable command.
switch:admin> portdisable 3/40
switch:admin> portdisable 3/41
c) Enable the trunk on the ports by using the portTrunkArea command.
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --enable 3/40-41 -index 296
Trunk index 296 enabled for ports 3/40 and 3/41.
2. On the host side, enable trunking as described in the
Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide .
3. On the switch side, enable the ports by using the portEnable command.
switch:admin> portenable 3/40
switch:admin> portenable 3/41
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