encapsulation tr-isl

Use the encapsulation tr-isl subinterface configuration command to enable TRISL, a Cisco proprietary protocol for interconnecting multiple routers and switches and maintaining VLAN information as traffic goes between switches.

encapsulation tr-isl trbrf-vlan vlan-id bridge-num bridge-number

Syntax Description
vlan-id Number identifying the VLAN.
bridge-number Keyword that specifies the identification number of the bridge number on the ISL trunk. Possible values are 01 to 4095.

Command Mode

Subinterface configuration

Usage Guidelines

This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 11.3(4)T.

Examples

In the following example, TRISL is enabled on a Fast Ethernet interface:

interface FastEthernet4/0.2 encapsulation tr-isl trbrf-vlan 999 bridge-num 14 ...

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