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Additional Tips About the MultiLink Trunking Feature
When you create a MultiLink Trunk, the individual trunk members (the specific
ports comprising the trunk) are logically connected and react as a single entity.
For example, if you change spanning tree parameters for any trunk member, the
spanning tree parameters for all trunk members are changed.
All configured trunks are indicated in the Spanning Tree Configuration screen.
The screen’s Trunk field lists the active trunks, adjacent to the port numbers that
correspond to the specific trunk member for that trunk.
When a trunk is active you can disable spanning tree participation using the Trunk
Configuration screen or using the Spanning Tree Configuration screen.
When a trunk is not active, the spanning tree participation setting in the Trunk
Configuration screen does not take effect until the Trunk Status field is set to
Enabled.
When MultiLink Trunking is active, all VLAN screens change to show only five
VLANs available for configuration. VLAN columns V6 to V8 are not displayed.
Also, if more than five VLANs are configured and you try to enable a MultiLink
trunk, the trunk configuration screen prompts you to reconfigure VLANs V6
through V8.
Port Mirroring (Conversation Steering)
You can designate one of your switch ports to monitor traffic on any two specified
switch ports (port-based) or to monitor traffic to or from any two specified
addresses that the switch has learned (address-based).
Note:
A probe device, such as the Bay Networks StackProbe or equivalent,
must be connected to the designated monitor port to use this feature (contact
your Bay Networks sales agent for details about the StackProbe).