Distributed Multi-Link Trunking

Avaya Distributed Multi-Link Trunking
DMLT between 2 stacked 5530 switches to an ERS 8600 switch

Distributed Multi-Link Trunking (DMLT) or Distributed MLT is a proprietary computer networking protocol designed by Nortel Networks, and now owned by Avaya,[1] 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.

Patent

United States Patent 6496502[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nortel Networks (2008). "Patent US6496502". Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ David B. Fite, Jr., Nicholas Ilyadis, Ronald M. Salett (December 17, 2002). "Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 3 Sep 2011.

Further reading

External links

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