Reference Guide

920 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference
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portTrunkArea
Examples
To enable masterless F_Port trunking on a standalone switch:
1. Disable ports 10-11 by executing portdisable port for each port to be included in the TA.
2. Enable Trunk Area for ports 10-11 with area number 37:
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --enable 10-11 -index 11
2009/05/15-12:43:10, [SWCH-1012], 60, FID 128, INFO,
sw0, Trunk Area (11) has been enabled for one or more ports
Trunk area 11 enabled for ports 10 and 11.
3. Re-enable ports 10-11 by executing portenable port for each port in the TA.
4. Show switch/port information:
switch:admin> switchshow
[...]
Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto
==============================================
[...]
11 10 030b00 id N4 No_Light FC
11 11 030b00 id N4 No_Light FC
[...]
5. Display TA-enabled port configuration:
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --show enabled
Port Type State Master TA DA
-------------------------------------
10 -- -- -- 11 10
11 -- -- -- 11 11
To disable masterless F_Port trunking on ports 10-11:
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --disable 10-11
ERROR: port 11 has to be disabled
Disable each port prior to removing ports from the TA. Then reissue the command:
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --disable 10-11
Trunk area 11 disabled for ports 10 and 11.
To display trunk details for a user assigned TA 25 that includes ports 24-25:
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --show trunk
Trunk Index 25: 25->0 sp: 8.000G \
bw: 16.000G deskew 15 MASTER
Tx: Bandwidth 16.00Gbps, Throughput 1.63Gbps (11.84%)
Rx: Bandwidth 16.00Gbps, Throughput 1.62Gbps (11.76%)
Tx+Rx: Bandwidth 32.00Gbps, Throughput 3.24Gbps (11.80%)
24->1 sp: 8.000G bw: 8.000G deskew 15
Tx: Bandwidth 16.00Gbps, Throughput 1.63Gbps (11.84%)
Rx: Bandwidth 16.00Gbps, Throughput 1.62Gbps (11.76%)
Tx+Rx: Bandwidth 32.00Gbps, Throughput 3.24Gbps (11.80%)