Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual v6.2.0 (53-1001186-01, April 2009)

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portTrunkArea
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portTrunkArea
Assigns or removes a trunk area (TA) from a port or port trunk group; displays masterless F_Port
trunking configuration.
Synopsis porttrunkarea --enable port[-Range] -area area_number
porttrunkarea --enable slot/port[-Range] -index port_index
porttrunkarea --disable [slot/]port[-Range]
porttrunkarea --disable all
porttrunkarea --show disabled | enabled | trunk | all
porttrunkarea --show slot/port[-Range]
Description Use this command to assign a static trunk area (TA) on a port or port trunk group, to remove a TA
from a port or group of ports in a trunk, and to display masterless F_Port trunking information.
Masterless F_Port trunking interoperates between the Access Gateway (AG) and Condor-based
platforms. It is designed to (1) prevent reassignments of virtual addresses when F_Ports come
back online after going offline and (2) to increase N_Port bandwidth.
Assigning a TA to a port or trunk group enables F_Port masterless trunking on that port or trunk
group. When a TA is assigned to a port or trunk group, the ports immediately acquires the TA as the
area of their process IDs (PID). Likewise, when a TA is removed from a port or trunk group, the ports
reverts to the default area as their PID.
Use the --show option to obtain configuration details including the following information.
Slot On enterprise-class platforms, displays the slotnumber.
Port Displays the port number.
Type Displays online masterless trunked F_Port or EX_Port if applicable. Otherwise
displays
--.
State Displays Trunk Master, Slave, or
--.
Master Displays the master port of the trunk group.
TA On standalone switches, displays the user assigned TA number.
DA On standalone switches, displays the default port area. The default area can
be a port swapped area.
TI On enterprise-class platforms, displays the user-assigned TA port index.
DI On enterprise-class platforms, displays the default port index. The default
port index can be a port swapped area.
The --show trunk option displays the following information:
Trunk Index On enterprise-class platforms, displays the trunk index.
Trunk Area On single processor switches only, displays the TA of the trunk group.
ptA->ptB ptA indicates the local user port; ptB indicates the remote user port.
sp Port speed in Gbps.
bw Port bandwidth in Gbps.