9
Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls,
Port Trunking, and Filters
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
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 5300XL 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 Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
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
Traffic/Security Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Filter Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Steps for Configuring Traffic/Security Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Filter Types and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
9-1
