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Chapter 5 Configuring Trunking
Default Settings
Default Settings
Table 5-4 lists the default settings for trunking parameters.
Configuring Trunking
This section includes the following topics:
• Enabling the Cisco Trunking and Channeling Protocols, page 5-11
• Enabling the F Port Trunking and Channeling Protocol, page 5-12
• Configuring Trunk Mode, page 5-12
• Configuring an Allowed-Active List of VSANs, page 5-12
Enabling the Cisco Trunking and Channeling Protocols
This section describes how to enable the required trunking and channeling protocols.
Prerequisites
• To avoid inconsistent configurations, disable all ports with a shutdown command before enabling
or disabling the trunking protocols.
Detailed Steps
To enable or disable the Cisco trunking and channeling protocol, follow these steps:
Ta b l e 5-4 Default Trunk Configuration Parameters
Parameters Default
Switch port trunk mode ON on non-NPV and MDS core switches.
OFF on NPV switches.
Allowed VSAN list 1 to 4093 user-defined VSAN IDs.
Allowed VF-ID list 1 to 4093 user-defined VF-IDs.
Trunking protocol on E ports Enabled.
Trunking protocol on F ports Disabled.
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# config t
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# trunk protocol enable
switch(config)#
Enables the Cisco PTP trunking protocol
(default).
switch(config)# no trunk protocol enable
switch(config)#
Disables the Cisco PTP trunking protocol.
