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port-channel load-balance
port-channel load-balance
Use the
port-channel load-balance
global configuration command to set the load-distribution method
among the ports in the EtherChannel. Use the
no
form of this command to return to the default setting.
port-channel load-balance
{
dst-ip
|
dst-mac
|
src-dst-ip
|
src-dst-mac
|
src-ip
|
src-mac
}
no port-channel load-balance
Syntax Description
Defaults
The default is
src-mac
.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
For information about when to use these forwarding methods, see the “Configuring EtherChannels”
chapter in the software configuration guide for this release.
Examples
This example shows how to set the load-distribution method to
dst-mac
:
Switch(config)#
port-channel load-balance dst-mac
You can verify your setting by entering the
show running-config
privileged EXEC command or the
show etherchannel load-balance
privileged EXEC command.
dst-ip
Load distribution is based on the destination host IP address.
dst-mac
Load distribution is based on the destination host MAC address. Packets to the same
destination are sent on the same port, but packets to different destinations are sent on
different ports in the channel.
src-dst-ip
Load distribution is based on the source and destination host IP address.
src-dst-mac
Load distribution is based on the source and destination host MAC address.
src-ip
Load distribution is based on the source host IP address.
src-mac
Load distribution is based on the source MAC address. Packets from different hosts use
different ports in the channel, but packets from the same host use the same port.
Release
Modification
12.1(11)AX
This command was introduced.