Figure 10 8300 Switches As Smlt Aggregation Switches - Nortel 8300 User Manual

Figure 10
8300 switches as SMLT aggregation switches
Other SMLT aggregation switch connections
Figure 10 "8300 switches as SMLT aggregation switches" (page 39)
includes end stations connected to each of the switches.
In this example, a, b1, b2, c1, c2, and d are clients and printers, while e and
f can be servers or routers.
Edge switches B and C can use any method for determining a link of their
multilink trunk connections to use for forwarding a packet, as long as the
same link is used for a given Source/Destination (SA/DA) pair. This is true,
regardless of whether or not the DA is known by B or C. SMLT aggregation
switches always send traffic directly to an edge switch and only use the IST
for traffic that they cannot forward in another more direct way.
The examples that follow explain the process in more detail:
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Configuration — VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Static Link Aggregation using Device Manager
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"Example 1-Traffic flow from a to b1 or b2" (page 40)
"Example 2-Traffic flow from b1/b2 to c1/c2" (page 40)
"Example 3-Traffic flow from a to d" (page 40)
"Example 4-Traffic flow from f to c1/c2" (page 40)
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