Enabling And Disabling An Interswitch Trunk - Avaya 8600 Configuration Manual

Procedure job aid: Example of creating an interswitch trunk from
an existing MLT
The following lists the steps you need to do to create an interswitch trunk from an existing
MLT.
1. Create an interswitch trunk to enable the switch.
2. Create a VLAN on the redundant aggregation switch and also on the second
3. To allow the two switches to communicate, you must assign an IP address to both
switch A
VLAN 20
10.1.1.1. /24
Note 1: Same subnet, same VLAN.

Enabling and disabling an interswitch trunk

Enable and disable an interswitch trunk.
Procedure steps
1. Enable and disable an interswitch trunk by using the following command:
config mlt <mlt-id> ist <enable|disable>
Variable definitions
Use the data in the following table to help you use the config mlt <mlt-id> ist
<enable|disable> command.
<mlt-id>
Configuration — Link Aggregation, MLT, and SMLT
aggregation switch. The interswitch trunk treats the two switches as a single
switch.
VLANs. The peer IP address is the IP address of the InterSwitch Trunking (IST)
VLAN on the peer aggregation switch.
<--------IST-------->
Variable
Enabling and disabling an interswitch trunk
switch B
VLAN 20
10.1.1.2 /24 (see
Note 1)
Value
Specifies the MLT ID.
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