Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000435-01, June 2007)

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Chapter
6
Administering ISL Trunking
In this chapter
This chapter contains the following information:
• About Interswitch Link Trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
• Displaying trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
• Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port. . . 78
About Interswitch Link Trunking
Interswitch link (ISL) trunking optimizes network performance by forming trunking groups that can
distribute traffic across a shared bandwidth.
A trunking license is required on each switch that participates in the trunk. For details on obtaining
and installing licensed features, see “Managing licensed features” on page 43. For additional
information about ISL Trunking, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
Use the Trunking tab of the Switch Administration window to view trunks through Web Tools (see
Figure 38).