Cabletron Systems 6H129-08 - Manual (Page 20)

Chapter 1: Introduction
1-8 6H128-08 and 6H129-08 User’s Guide
1.4.4 SmartTrunk
SmartTrunk, also referred to as SmartTrunking, is Cabletron Systems’
terminology for load balancing or load sharing. SmartTrunk technology
provides an easy-to-implement mechanism to group, or aggregate,
multiple physical links together to scale the backbone bandwidth beyond
the limitations of a single link. All links are user-configurable so
administrators can scale the backbone bandwidth by adding SmartTrunk
links. The SmartTrunk benefits are as follows:
• All purchased bandwidth is used.
• Distributed, resilient links increase reliability and performance.
• Multiple technologies are supported within a single trunk for
maximum flexibility.
For more information about SmartTrunk, refer to the Cabletron Systems
SmartTrunk User’s Guide .
1.5 OPTIONAL FEATURES
Options for the 6H12X-08 include Fast Ethernet Interface Modules to add
additional interface capability.
Cabletron Systems provides Fast Ethernet Interface Modules to support
uplinks to 100 Mbps Ethernet backbones or high speed connections to
servers. The Fast Ethernet Interface Modules are listed in
Table 1-1 .