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6-10 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004
■ The pages of the web GUI include options for configuring an HTTPS server. This
functionality is not enabled in the current release of the switch firmware.
■ The web GUI (Switch Config=>Address Tables=>NETMGT Port ID) cannot
display the MAC address table for the NETMGT port. This table is always empty.
There is currently no workaround for this problem.
■ The web GUI (Switch Config=>Spanning Tree=>View=>MST instance
configuration
=>MST Instance Setup) the multiple spanning tree options are not
configurable in the current release of the switch firmware.
6.3 The Term “Trunk” Meaning Either an
Aggregated Link Or a Tagged VLAN
Connection
There is confusion in the networking industry over the term "trunking" because it is
used to refer both to link aggregation and to tagged VLAN connections between two
switches. In the first of these senses it means a redundant high-bandwidth path
between two switches. In the second it means a network connection on a LAN
segment that is populated only with VLAN-aware devices.
6.3.1 Aggregated Links
You may have encountered the term “trunking” in the sense of link aggregation if
you have used the Sun Trunking 1.2.1 product.
Ports can be statically grouped into an aggregate link to increase the bandwidth of a
network connection or to ensure fault recovery. Alternatively, you can use the Link
Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) which automatically negotiates an aggregated
link between the switch and another network device. For static aggregated links, the
switches must be of the same type. For dynamic aggregated links, the switches
simply have to comply with LACP. The switch in the blade system chassis supports
up to six aggregated links. An aggregated link consisting of two 1000 Mbps ports
can support an aggregate bandwidth of 4 Gbps when operating at full duplex.