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'''Distributed Multi-Link Trunking (DMLT)''' or Distributed MLT is a [[computer networking]] [[Protocol (computing)|protocol]] designed by [[Avaya]] 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.
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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.
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==Patent==
United States Patent 6496502<ref>
{{cite web
|title = Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus
|author = David B. Fite, Jr., Nicholas Ilyadis, Ronald M. Salett
|publisher = [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]
|date = December 17, 2002
|url = http://www.google.com/patents?id=AGALAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
|accessdate = 3 Sept 2011
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==See also==
* [[Avaya]]
* [[Avaya Government Solutions]]
* [[SMLT]]
* [[DSMLT]]
* [[RSMLT]]
* [[List of Nortel patents]]
==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book
|title = Ethernet MAN Services
|first = Kevin
|last = Roebuck
|publisher = Tebbo
|date = May 30, 2011
|page = 130
|isbn = 978-1743044261
}}
* [http://www.andovercg.com/datasheets/notrel-baystack-470.pdf Desktop Connectivity]
* [http://www.homenetworkingsupport.com/z/369048700004440 Using Distributed Multi-Link Trunking]
* [http://www.google.pl/patents/about/6496502_Distributed_multi_link_trunking.html?id=AGALAAAAEBAJ Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus] Google Patents
* [http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/6496502.html Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus] Patent Genius
* [http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6496502.html Distributed multi-link trunking method and apparatus] Patent Storm
* {{cite journal
|title = European Telecom Newsletter
|publisher = Information Gatekeepers
|first1 = Dr. Paul
|last1 = Polishuk
|first2 = Dr. Hui
|last2 = Pan
|year = 2003
|month = May
|page = 16
|volume = 8
|number = 5
}}
==External links==
{{Wiktionarypar|DMLT}}
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* [http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100134063 VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Multi-Link Trunking]
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