MultiLink Trunk (MLT) features

For the BayStack 420 switches, MultiLink Trunking has the following general features and requirements:

• A unit can have up to six MultiLink Trunks (MLTs).
• Up to four ports can belong to an MLT.
• The ports must be in the same unit in the stack.
• MultiLink Trunking is supported on 10BASE-T and 100Base-TX ports.
• MultiLink Trunking is compatible with the Spanning Tree Protocol.
• IEEE 802.1Q tagging is supported on an MLT.
• For bridge traffic, the algorithm that distributes traffic across an MLT is based on the source and destination MAC addresses.

• Setting up MLTs
• MultiLink Trunk statistics
• MultiLink Trunk Ethernet error statistics