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CHAPTER 6
Configuring Access and Trunk Interfaces
This chapter contains the following sections:
Information About Access and Trunk Interfaces, page 49
Configuring Access and Trunk Interfaces, page 53
Verifying Interface Configuration, page 57
Information About Access and Trunk Interfaces
Understanding Access and Trunk Interfaces
Ethernet interfaces can be configured either as access ports or a trunk ports, as follows:
An access port can have only one VLAN configured on the interface; it can carry traffic for only one
VLAN.
A trunk port can have two or more VLANs configured on the interface; it can carry traffic for several
VLANs simultaneously.
Cisco NX-OS supports only IEEE 802.1Q-type VLAN trunk encapsulation.Note
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