Trunk Configuration - Dell PowerConnect 5224 System User's Manual

Console(config-if)#
Console(config-if)#description RD SW#3
Console(config-if)#no negotiation
Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half
Console(config-if)#flowcontrol

Trunk Configuration

On the Trunk Configuration page, you can enable and disable the aggregate port links that have been created on the switch. To set up trunks and select port
members, use the Link Aggregation page.
For each trunk number listed in the Trunk column, you can change the following parameters listed by column name on the screen:
Name/Type — Allows a user-defined label for the trunk and also indicates the type of ports in the trunk
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Admin/Oper — Allows the network administrator to manually disable a trunk and also indicates the status of the link: up or down
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Speed/Duplex Mode — Allows the manual selection of port speed and duplex mode and also indicates the current speed and mode of member ports
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Flow Control — Allows automatic or manual selection of support for flow control and also indicates the type of flow control currently in use
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Autonegotiation/Port Capabilities — Allows autonegotiation to be enabled/disabled for all ports in the trunk and also indicates the capabilities of the
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port members
To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes. If you don't want to save the changes, click Refresh.
CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Ports/Trunks Configuration page.
Command
interface port-channel channel-id
shutdown
description string
speed-duplex {1000full | 100full | 100half | 10full
| 10half}
negotiation
capabilities {1000full | 100full | 100half | 10full |
10half | flowcontrol | symmetric}
flowcontrol
show interfaces status port-channel channel-id
show interfaces switchport [port-channel
channel-id]
Example
Console(config)#interface port-channel 1
Console(config-if)#
Console(config-if)#description RD SW#3
Usage
Configures a trunk and enters interface configuration
mode.
Disables a trunk interface.
To restart a disabled interface, use the no form command.
Adds a description to a trunk interface.
Configures the speed and duplex mode of a given
interface when autonegotiation is disabled.
Enables autonegotiation for a given interface.
To disable autonegotiation, use the no form command.
Advertises the trunk capabilities of a given interface
during autonegotiation.
Enables flow control.
To disable flow control, use the no form command.
Displays status for enabled interfaces.
Displays the configuration for a trunk.