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Enabling the Trunking Protocols

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Enabling the Trunking Protocols
This section explains how to enable or disable the required trunking and channeling protocols
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About Trunking Protocols

The trunking protocol is important for trunking operations on the ports. The protocols enable the
following activities:
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Table 24-1
Table 24-1
Trunk Link
TE-TE port link
TF-TN port link
TF-TNP port link
E or F PortChannel
TF Port Channel
Third-party TF-TNP port link
1. These features are not currently supported.
By default, the trunking protocol is enabled. If the trunking protocol is disabled on a switch, no port on
that switch can apply new trunk configurations. Existing trunk configurations are not affected. The TE
port continues to function in trunk mode, but only supports traffic in VSANs that it negotiated with
previously (when the trunking protocol was enabled). Also, other switches that are directly connected to
this switch are similarly affected on the connected interfaces. In some cases, you may need to merge
traffic from different port VSANs across a non-trunking ISL. If so, disable the trunking protocol.
We recommend that both ends of a trunking link belong to the same port VSAN. On certain switches or
Note
fabric switches where the port VSANs are different, one end returns an error and the other end is not
connected.
Tip To avoid inconsistent configurations, shut all ports before enabling or disabling the trunking protocols.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
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Figure 24-2 and includes the following topics:
About Trunking Protocols, page 24-6
Enabling the Cisco Trunking and Channeling Protocols, page 16-8
Enabling the F Port Trunking and Channeling Protocol, page 24-7
Dynamic negotiation of operational trunk mode.
Selection of a common set of trunk-allowed VSANs.
Detection of a VSAN mismatch across an ISL.
specifies the protocols used for trunking and channeling.
Supported Trunking Protocols
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Default
Cisco EPP (PTP)
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Cisco EPP (PTP)
Cisco EPP (PCP)
Cisco EPP (PTP and PCP)
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FC-LS Rev 1.62 EVFP
Chapter 24 Configuring Trunking
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