HP ProCurve series 2500 User Manual

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Optimizing Port Usage
Through Traffic Control and
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Optimizing Port Usage Through Traffic
Control and Port Trunking
Chapter Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . 5
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 6
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . 9
Port Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switch 2512 and 2524 Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Check the Event Log (page 11-11) to verify that the trunked
ports are operating properly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CLI: Viewing and Configuring a Static or Dynamic
Port Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 20
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Trunk Operation Using the “FEC” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

HP ProCurve series 2500 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	ProCurve series 2500
Category	Switch
Language	English