Mct components – Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide

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Multi-Chassis Trunking overview

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NOTE

On the BigIron RX devices, Layer 2 multicast snooping is not supported in MCT.

FIGURE 90

MCT architecture

MCT components

Figure 91

shows an example of MCT deployment, functions, and features.

FIGURE 91

MCT components

The following are the MCT components:

MCT peer switches - A pair of switches connected as peers through an ICL. The LAG interface is
spread across the two MCT peer switches and acts as a single logical endpoint to the MCT
client.

Standard Link Aggregation

IEEE 802.3ad

MCT Peers

Acting as a single logical
switch.

Transparent to MCT

Support for third-party devices

ICL

CCEP

CEP

CEP

CCEP

LAG

Switch bridge ID:

300

End

stations

End

stations

Bridge ID:

100

Bridge ID:

200

Cluster: ABC

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