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MultiLink Trunking (MLT) is a point-to-point connection that aggregates multiple ports so that they logically act like a single port with the aggregated bandwidth. Grouping multiple ports into a logical link provides higher aggregate throughput on a switch-to-switch or switch-to-server application.
The participants in an MLT group are called members, with one port designated as the master port. Since you must configure all members of the group to operate in the same manner, the configuration of the master port is applied to all members of the group. Thus, when you configure the ports in an MLT group, you need only configure the master port.
The Passport 1600 Series switch supports up to 7 MLT groups with up to 4 ports per MLT group, except for a Gigabit MLT consisting of the 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports on the front panel.
An aggregated link connection can be made with any other switch that maintains host-to-host data streams over a single link aggregate port. Switches that use a load-balancing scheme to send the packets of a host-to-host data stream over multiple MLT ports cannot have an aggregated connection with the Passport 1600 Series switch.
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