Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002156-01, April 2011)

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Trunking in Access Gateway mode

5. Enter the switchhow command to display the switch or port information, including created

trunks.

Disabling F_Port trunking

Use the following steps to disable F_Port trunking.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the porttrunkarea --disable

command.

switch:admin> porttrunkarea --disable 36-39

ERROR: port 36 has to be disabled

If an error occurs as in the previous example, disable each port using the portdisable port

command, and then reissue the command.

switch:admin> porttrunkarea --disable 36-39

trunk area 37 disabled for ports 36, 37, 38 and 39.

Monitoring trunking

For F_Port masterless trunking, you must install Filter, EE, or TT monitors on the F_Port trunk port.

Whenever the master port changes, it is required to move the monitor to the new master port. For

example, if a master port goes down, a new master is selected from the remaining slave ports. The

Advanced Performance Monitor (APM) must delete the monitor from the old master and install the

monitor on the new master port. If you attempt to add a monitor to a slave port, it is automatically

added to the master port.

Trunking considerations for the Edge switch

Table 8 describes the Access Gateway trunking considerations for the Edge switch.

TABLE 8 Access Gateway trunking considerations for the Edge switch

Category Description

Area assignment You statically assign the area within the trunk group on the Edge

switch. That group is the F_Port masterless trunk.

The static trunk area you assign must fall within the F_Port trunk

group starting from port 0 on an Edge switch or blade.

The static trunk area you assign must be one of the port’s default

areas of the trunk group.

Authentication Authentication occurs only on the F_Port trunk master port and

only once per the entire trunk. This behavior is the same as

E_Port trunk master authentication. Because only one port in the

trunk does FLOGI to the switch, and authentication follows FLOGI

on that port, only that port displays the authentication details

when you issue the portshow command.

Note: Switches in Access Gateway mode do not perform

authentication.