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Contents
9 Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls, Port
Trunking, and Port-Based Priority
Contents
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Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
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Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . 9-5
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . 9-6
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 9-9
Port Trunking
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Series 4100GL switches Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . 9-11
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
CLI: Viewing and Configuring a Static or Dynamic Port
Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . 9-21
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Trunk Operation Using the “FEC” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets
. . . . . . . . . 9-33
The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority on Series
4100GL Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
10 Configuring for Network Management Applications
Contents
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Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch
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Summary of Contents for ProCurve 4104GL
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Page 26: ...xxiv Getting Started Need Only a Quick Start ...
Page 34: ...1 8 Selecting a Management Interface Advantages of Using HP TopTools for Hubs Switches ...
Page 50: ...2 16 Using the Menu Interface Where To Go From Here ...
Page 172: ...8 24 Time Protocols SNTP Messages in the Event Log ...
Page 240: ...10 30 Configuring for Network Management Applications CDP ...
Page 288: ...11 48 Port Based Virtual LANs VLANs and GVRP GVRP ...
Page 480: ...C 38 Troubleshooting Restoring a Flash Image ...
Page 486: ...D 6 MAC Address Management Determining MAC Addresses ...
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