97Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management SoftwareChapter 4Setting up MultiLink Trunk portsMultiLink Trunking (MLT) is a point-to-point connection that aggregates multipleports so that they logically act like a single port with the aggregated bandwidth.Grouping multiple ports into a logical link allows you to achieve higher aggregatethroughput on a switch-to-switch or switch-to-server application. MultiLinkTrunking provides media and module redundancy.MultiLink Trunk (MLT) featuresA number of Nortel Networks products implement MultiLink Trunking and havedifferent features and requirements based on the architecture of the device. For theBayStack 380-24F, MultiLink Trunking has the following general features andrequirements:• A unit can have up to six MultiLink Trunks (MLTs).• Up to four ports can belong to an MLT.• MultiLink Trunking is compatible with the Spanning Tree Protocol.• IEEE 802.1Q tagging is supported on an MLT.• For bridge traffic, the algorithm that distributes traffic across an MLT is basedon the source and destination MAC addresses.Setting up MLTsTo set up MLTs:➨ From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > MLT.The MLT dialog box opens (Figure 44).
