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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Port Channels
Information About Port Channels
shows the criteria used for each configuration:
Use the option that provides the balance criteria with the greatest variety in your configuration. For
example, if the traffic on a port channel is going only to a single MAC address and you use the
destination MAC address as the basis of port-channel load balancing, the port channel always chooses
the same link in that port channel; using source addresses or IP addresses might result in better load
balancing.
Understanding LACP
LACP allows you to configure up to 8 interfaces into a port channel.
This section includes the following topics:
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LACP Marker Responders, page 1-7
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LACP-Enabled and Static Port Channels Differences, page 1-7
Table 1-1
Port Channel Load-Balancing Criteria
Configuration
Layer 2 Criteria
Layer 3 Criteria
Layer 4 Criteria
Destination MAC
Destination MAC
Destination MAC
Destination MAC
Source MAC
Source MAC
Source MAC
Source MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Destination IP
Destination MAC
Destination MAC,
destination IP
Destination MAC,
destination IP
Source IP
Source MAC
Source MAC, source IP Source MAC, source IP
Source and destination
IP
Source and destination
MAC
Source and destination
MAC, source and
destination IP
Source and destination
MAC, source and
destination IP
Destination TCP/UDP
port
Destination MAC
Destination MAC,
destination IP
Destination MAC,
destination IP,
destination port
Source TCP/UDP port
Source MAC
Source MAC, source IP Source MAC, source IP,
source port
Source and destination
TCP/UDP port
Source and destination
MAC
Source and destination
MAC, source and
destination IP
Source and destination
MAC, source and
destination IP, source
and destination port