[f-nsp] Trunk multi-slot: one port per slot

[Pior Bastida]

On March 16, 2010 09:46:04 pm Jared Valentine wrote:
> You must start on an odd port and end on an even port.
> You must use contiguous ports (in pairs).

> Because 3/2 resides on the same ASIC as 3/1 you must include it in the
> trunk configuration.
 
Yes, it seems to be the key here. 

> You now have a 4 port trunk. You don't have to use ports 3/2 and 4/2
> in the actual trunk... The trunk will work even if you only connect 2
> ports.

I confirmed that, it works as expected.

> The gotcha is that you can't use those ports (3/2 and 4/2) for
> anything else except the trunk.

I was hoping to find a workaround to avoid doing that.

Connecting each of my servers to 2 different cards would have been great.

Thanks for your insight Jared,
Pior


> 
> Jared
> 
> On Mar 16, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Pior Bastida <pior at pbastida.net> wrote:
> > On March 16, 2010 06:39:25 pm Michiel Muhlenbaumer wrote:
> >> Use: trunk server eth 2/3 eth 3/3
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestion Michiel, I didn't mention it, but I have
> > tried that
> > without success:
> >
> > (config)#trunk server eth 2/3 eth 3/3
> > Invalid input -> eth 3/3
> > Type ? for a list
> >
> > It really just expects a range:
> >
> > (config)#trunk server eth 2/3
> >  to   To an end range
> >
> >> Regards,
> >> Michiel
> >>
> >> On 16 mrt 2010, at 22:04, Pior Bastida <pior at pbastida.net> wrote:
> >>> Hi all.
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to setup a trunk multi-slot in a ServerIron/WSM6
> >>>
> >>> 2 x 2 ports is working just fine:
> >>>
> >>> (config)# trunk server ethe 2/1 to 2/2 ethe 3/1 to 3/2
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> But I can't create a trunk of 2 ports on 2 slots:
> >>>
> >>> (config)#trunk server ethernet 2/3 to 2/3 ethernet 3/3 to 3/3
> >>> error - incorrect port list order
> >>>
> >>> This is frustrating as it seems to be a mere syntactic problem and
> >>> not a
> >>> technical issue.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to achieve that ?
> 

-- 
Pior Bastida
pior at pbastida.net
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