Avaya 8600 Configuration Manual page 34

Link aggregation fundamentals
Figure 8: Single Port SMLT configuration at the port level
Single Port SMLT configuration considerations
The rules for configuring Single Port SMLT include:
• The dual-home device with dual homes that connect to the aggregation switches must
support MLT.
• Single Port SMLT is supported on Ethernet ports.
• Each Single Port SMLT is assigned an SMLT ID from 1 to 512.
• You can designate Single Port SMLT ports as Access or Trunk (IEEE 802.1Q tagged or
not); changing the type does not affect behavior.
• You cannot change a Single Port split MultiLink trunk to an MLT-based split MultiLink trunk
by adding additional ports. You must delete the single port split MultiLink trunk and
reconfigure the port as SMLT/MLT.
• You cannot change an MLT-based split MultiLink trunk into a single port split MultiLink
trunk by deleting all ports except one. You must remove the SMLT/MLT and reconfigure
the port as Single Port SMLT.
34 Configuration — Link Aggregation, MLT, and SMLT
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January 2012