Cabletron Systems FN100 User Manual

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Chapter 3: Configuring the FN100Page 3-8Fast Network 100 User Guidestandard 802.1D Spanning Tree state changes, treating each TrunkGroup as a single 802.1D Spanning Tree port.802.1D Spanning Tree takes about thirty seconds to resolve whichFN100 ports are to become forwarding ports. As ports within a TrunkGroup become forwarding ports, traffic within the Trunk Group ismomentarily halted to guarantee the first-in, first-out ordering of theEthernet packets.3.7 DISABLING TRUNKINGUse the trunk off command to turn off trunking. For example:> trunk 2-4 off3.8 DISPLAYING TRUNKING STATUSUse the trunk command to check the status of your currenttrunking configuration.FN100 > trunk 2-4LCM responds:NOTEThe Fast Network-to-Fast Network connections must bepoint-to-point. There cannot be any other devices on thoseEthernets. The ports used for trunking can be in any order.However, both ends of the Fast Network-to-Fast Networkconnections must have trunking turned on for the ports that arebeing used for the connections.FN100 > trunk 2-4Port 2 trunking joined to Bridge MAC Addr 00:40:27:00:06:1f IP Addr 192.138.217.1Port 3 trunking joined to Bridge MAC Addr 00:40:27:00:06:c3 IP Addr 192.138.200.2Port 4 trunking joined to Bridge MAC Addr 00:50:36:00:07:4a IP Addr 192.140.250.7