Distributed Multi-Link Trunking
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Distributed Multi-Link Trunking (DMLT) or Distributed MLT is a computer networking protocol designed by Avaya
Avaya
Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
used to load balance the network traffic across connections and also across multiple switches or modules in a chassis. The protocol is an enhancement to the Multi-Link Trunking (MLT) protocol.
DMLT allows the ports in a trunk (MLT) to span multiple units of a stack of switches or to span multiple cards in a chassis, preventing network outages when one switch in a stack fails or a card in a chassis fails.
See also
- AvayaAvayaAvaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
- Avaya Government Solutions
- SMLT
- DSMLT
- RSMLT
- List of Nortel patents
Further reading
- Desktop Connectivity
- Using Distributed Multi-Link Trunking
- Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus Google Patents
- Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus Patent Genius
- Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus Patent Storm