Network performance can be enhanced with the Open Trunking feature which automatically balances performance throughout a network while helping minimize storage administrators' involvement. Open Trunking is designed to optimize the total throughput between two switches, automatically, by redirecting traffic from high-utilization links, to links with available bandwidth.Open Trunking is designed to continuously monitor loads on all links, detect congestion, and automatically balance traffic across available ISLs without operator interaction. Based on constant traffic monitoring, Open Trunking acts to help improve throughput and reroute traffic efficiently.