How do I configure a port on a trunk port?

To configure a switch port on one end of a trunk link, use the switchport mode trunk command. With this command, the interface changes to permanent trunking mode.

How do you set a trunk port on a Cisco switch?

  1. SUMMARY STEPS. enable. configure terminal.
  2. interface interface-id. switchport mode trunk. switchport trunk allowed vlan {add | all | except | remove} vlan-list.
  3. end. show interfaces interface-id switchport. copy running-config startup-config.

How do I add a trunk port to a VLAN?

perform these steps:

  1. To restrict the traffic that a trunk carries, issue the switchport trunk vlan-list interface configuration command.
  2. To add a VLAN to the trunk, issue the switchport trunk allowed vlan add vlan-list command.
  3. This example shows how to remove VLANs 5 through 10 and 12.

How do you set the trunk port on a Layer 3 switch?

Configuring the Layer 3 Interfaces

  1. Navigate to the Distribution Switch’s details page from Monitor > Switches.
  2. Click Initialize layer 3 under the Status section.
  3. Enter the following settings: Name: Uplink. Subnet: 192.168. 128.0/24. Interface IP: 192.168. 128.1. VLAN: 20. Default Gateway: 192.168. 128.254.
  4. Click Save.

How does Cisco trunk work?

Cisco switches have two Ethernet trunking mechanisms: ISL and IEEE 802.1Q. Certain types of switches can negotiate trunk links. Trunks carry traffic from all VLANs to and from the switch by default but can be configured to carry only specified VLAN traffic.

What does load interval 30 mean?

If the load interval is set to 30 seconds, new data is used for load calculations over a 30-second period. This data is used to compute load statistics, including the input rate in bits and packets per second, the output rate in bits and packets per second, the load, and reliability.

What is the difference between access and trunk port?

The trunk port allows us to switch multiple VLANs, but all frames are in the same VLAN in the Access port. The trunk port basically used to connect between switches; however, the access port is used to connect computer laptops, printers, etc.