Nortel Networks 350 manual MultiLink Trunks, Switch-to-Switch Trunk Configuration Example

BayStack 350 10/100/1000 Series Switches

MultiLink Trunks

MultiLink trunks allow you to group up to four switch ports together to form a link to another switch or server, thus increasing aggregate throughput of the interconnection between the devices (up to 800 Mb/s in full-duplex mode). BayStack 350 switches can be configured with up to six MultiLink trunks. MultiLink Trunking software detects misconfigured (or broken) trunk links and redirects traffic on the misconfigured or broken trunk link to other trunk members within that trunk.

You can use the Trunk Configuration screen to create switch-to-switch and switch-to-server MultiLink trunk links (see Figure 1-31 and Figure 1-32).

Figure 1-31 shows two trunks (T1 and T2) connecting switch S1 to switches S2 and S3.

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S2

T2

S3

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Figure 1-31. Switch-to-Switch Trunk Configuration Example

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