Adding physical interfaces to a trunk

Description

Use this procedure to add one or more physical interfaces to a trunk. After you complete this procedure, you get the following results, depending on the type of trunk you are configuring:

For a single-mode trunk, you get improved reliability by providing additional interfaces to fall back on.
For a multiple-mode trunk, you get improved throughput.

You can perform this procedure any time after the trunk you are adding interfaces to has been created. You must also configure the switch for the additional ports and physical interfaces available for the additions to take effect.

Step

To add one or more physical interfaces to a trunk, complete the following step.


Step	Action
1	Enter the following command or put it in the in the /etc/rc file: vif add trunk interfaces trunk is the name of a previously configured virtual interface. interfaces is a list of the physical interfaces you want to add to the trunk.

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Last updated: 02/24/99 12:16:03