Split Multi-Link Trunking - Avaya 8800 Planning And Engineering, Network Design

Redundant network design
Figure 20: Recommended network edge design

Split Multi-Link Trunking

A split multilink trunk is a multilink trunk with one end split (shared) between two aggregation
switches. Using Single Link Trunking (SLT), you can configure a split multilink trunk using a single
port. This permits the scaling of the number of split multilink trunks on a switch to the maximum
number of available ports.
For configuration procedures for the Avaya Split Multi-Link Trunking feature for the Ethernet Routing
Switch 8800/8600, see Switch Clustering using Split-Multilink Trunking (SMLT) Technical
Configuration Guide, NN48500-518 or Switch Clustering (SMLT/SLT) Configuration Tool ,
NN48500-536.
SMLT navigation
• SMLT redundancy
• SMLT and VLACP
• SMLT and loop prevention
• Interswitch Trunking recommendations
• Dual MLTs in SMLT
• SMLT ID recommendations
• Single Link Trunking (SLT)
• SMLT and Layer 2 traffic load sharing
• SMLT and Layer 3 traffic Redundant Default Gateway: VRRP
• SMLT failure and recovery
• SMLT and IEEE 802.3ad interaction
• SMLT and Spanning Tree Protocol
• SMLT scalability
• SMLT topologies
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