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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
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Chapter H Commands
hardware multicast hw-hash
hardware multicast hw-hash
To use hardware hashing for multicast traffic on an EtherChannel interface, use the
hardware multicast
hw-hash
command. To restore the defaults, use the
no
form of this command.
hardware multicast hw-hash
no hardware multicast hw-hash
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default
The software selection method is used for multicast traffic.
Command Modes
Interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines
By default, ingress multicast traffic on any port in the switch selects a particular EtherChannel member
to egress the traffic. To reduce potential issues with the bandwidth and to provide effective load
balancing of the ingress multicast traffic, hardware hashing is used for multicast traffic.
Note
Hardware hashing is not available on a Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender HIF port (downlink
port).
Examples
This example shows how to set the hardware hashing for multicast traffic on an EtherChannel interface:
switch(config)#
interface port-channel 21
switch(config-if)#
hardware multicast hw-hash
switch(config-if)#
This example shows how to restore the default software selection method for multicast traffic on an
EtherChannel interface:
switch(config)#
interface port-channel 21
switch(config-if)#
hardware multicast hw-hash
switch(config-if)#
no hardware multicast hw-hash
switch(config-if)#
Related Commands
Release
Modification
5.2(1)N1(1)
This command was introduced.
Command
Description
show interface
port-channel
Displays the status of the EtherChannel interface configuration.