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SMLT aggregation switch
Connects to multiple wiring closet switches,
edge switches, or Customer Premise Equipment
(CPE) devices.
SMLT client
A switch located at the edge of the network,
such as in a wiring closet or CPE. An SMLT
client switch performs link aggregation but does
not require Split MultiLink Trunking (SMLT)
intelligence.
source path messages (SPM)
Allows the network element, a Nortel Ethernet
Routing Switch 8600 with Pragmatic General
Multicast (PGM) enabled, to learn the source
path and maintain information about the PGM
session.
spanning tree
A simple, fully-connected active topology formed
from the arbitrary physical topology of connected
bridged Local Area Network components by
relaying frames through selected bridge ports.
The protocol parameters and states that are
used and exchanged to facilitate the calculation
of the active topology and to control the bridge
relay function.
Spanning Tree Group (STG)
A collection of ports in one spanning tree
instance.
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
MAC bridges use the STP to exchange
information across Local Area Networks to
compute the active topology of a bridged Local
Area Network in accordance with the Spanning
Tree Protocol algorithm.
Split MultiLink Trunking (SMLT)
A Nortel extension to IEEE 802.3ad, provides
nodal and link failure protection and flexible
bandwidth scaling to improve on the level of
Layer 2 resiliency.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Terminology
NN46205-102 01.01 Standard
30 May 2008
Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks
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