Switch User Manual

Planning a Network with the Model 5625HD Switch Module

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Multi-Link Trunking

Multi-Link 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.

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 a Model 5625HD switch module

allows the data to load share across those multiple ports, and overall performance

is improved.

Figure 2-7. Multi-Link Trunking Example

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Model 5005BH Chassis

BayStack 450-24T

100 Mb/s

MLT

connection