Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001194-01, April 2009)

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Chapter

Enabling ISL Trunking

In this chapter

•ISL trunking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

•Disabling or enabling ISL trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

•Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

•F_Port trunk groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

ISL trunking overview

Interswitch link (ISL) trunking optimizes network performance by forming trunking groups that can

distribute traffic between switches 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 “Licensed feature management” on page 52. For additional

information about ISL Trunking, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

You must use Web Tools with the EGM license to create ISL trunk groups and to manage F_Port

trunks.

NOTE

The EGM license is required only for 8 Gbps platforms, such as the Brocade DCX enterprise-class

platform, the Encryption Switch, the 300, 5300, and 5100 switches. For non-8 Gbps platforms, all

functionalities are available without EGM license.

For detailed information about ISL Trunking configurations and criteria, see the Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide.