Creating a single-mode trunk

Description

Use this procedure to create a trunk in which only one interface is active at a time, thereby ensuring access to a network. After you complete this procedure, the interfaces you specify are combined into a trunk in which one interface is active and the others are ready to take over in case of failure of the active interface.

Prerequisites

You need the following items to complete the procedure:

A name for the trunk that meets the following criteria:
- It must begin with a letter.
- It must not contain a space.
- It must not already be in use for a virtual interface.
  Trunk names are case-sensitive.
A list of the interfaces you want to combine into the trunk.

Step

To create a trunk in which only one interface is active at a time, complete the following step.


Step	Action
1	Enter the following command or put it in the in the /etc/rc file: vif create single trunk interfaces trunk is the name of the trunk. interfaces is a list of the interfaces you want the trunk to consist of.

Example

The single-mode trunk shown on "Single-mode trunks" was created with the following command:

vif creatre single SingleTrunk1 e0 e1

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