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Web – Click Port, Port Configuration or Trunk Configuration. Modify the
required interface settings, and click Apply.
Figure 3-41 Port/Trunk Configuration
CLI – Select the interface, and then enter the required settings.
Creating Trunk Groups
You can create multiple links between devices that work as one virtual,
aggregate link. A port trunk offers a dramatic increase in bandwidth for
network segments where bottlenecks exist, as well as providing a
fault-tolerant link between two devices. You can create up to four trunks at
a time.
The switch supports both static trunking and dynamic Link Aggregation
Control Protocol (LACP). Static trunks have to be manually configured at
both ends of the link, and the switches must comply with the Cisco
EtherChannel standard. On the other hand, LACP configured ports can
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/13 4-145
Console(config-if)#description RD SW#13 4-145
Console(config-if)#shutdown 4-150
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Console(config-if)#no shutdown
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Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half 4-146
Console(config-if)#flowcontrol 4-149
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Console(config-if)#negotiation
Console(config-if)#capabilities 100half 4-148
Console(config-if)#capabilities 100full
Console(config-if)#capabilities flowcontrol