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Planning a Network with EtherSpeedII Switch Modules
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MultiLink Trunking
MultiLink Trunking (MLT) allows up to four physical connections for the same
media type and speed to be grouped and treated as a single logical link. MLT
improves performance between two switches or between a switch and a server.
Ports in a single MLT group can span multiple modules.
MLT allows data to be carried over multiple 100 Mb/s full-duplex links connected
to the same device, thus improving performance. Figure 2-7
shows that
connecting multiple BayStack 450 ports into an EtherSpeedII 10/100BASE-T
switch module allows the data load to be shared across multiple ports and multiple
boards, improving overall performance. The ability to load share across multiple
ports and multiple boards is commonly referred to as distributed MLT.
Figure 2-7. MultiLink Trunking Example
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Centillion 100 Chassis
BayStack 450-24T
100 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
MLT
connection