- InterSwitch Trunk
InterSwitch Trunk (IST) is one or more parallel point-to-point links (
Link aggregation ) that connect two switches together to create a single logical switch. The IST allows the two switches to share addressing information, forwarding tables, and state information, permitting rapid (less than one second) fault detection and forwarding path modification.Edge switches, servers or PC's see the two aggregate switches as one large switch. This allows any vendor's equipment configured to use the IEEE 802.3ad static link aggregation protocol to connect to both switches and take advantage of load balancing, redundant connections.
The IST protocol was developed by
Nortel to enhance the capabilities ofLink aggregation , and is required to be configured prior to configuring theSMLT ,DSMLT orR-SMLT functions on the two aggregate (core, distribution, or access) switches. The edge equipment can be configured with any of the following;Multi-Link Trunking (MLT) ,DMLT , IEEE 802.3ad static link aggregation, IEEE 802.3ad Static Gigabit EtherChannel (GEC), IEEE 802.3ad Static Fast EtherChannel (FEC),SMLT ,DSMLT , and other static link aggregation protocols.Patent
United States Patent 7173934
Product Support
IST is supported on Nortel's Routing Switch 1600, 5500, 8300, ERS 8600 and
MERS 8600 products.ee also
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List of Nortel Products and Protocols External links
* [http://www.nortel.com/products/01/passport/8600_rss/collateral/nn107680-031804.pdf Designing a Resilient Network]
* [http://www.nortel.com/products/01/passport/8600_rss/collateral/nn108460-060304.pdf Eliminate Single Points of Failure]
* [http://products.nortel.com/go/product_assoc.jsp?segId=0&parId=0&catId=null&rend_id=25821&contOid=100175078&prod_id=44781&locale=en-US Resilient Terabit Cluster - Always on Networking]
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