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Setting Up
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Internetwork Packet Exchange
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a
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July 17, 2001
If you configure equal-cost routes on two or more interfaces, make sure the
associated media throughputs fall within—or near—the same range, as
indicated in
Table 4 . For example, equal-cost routes between a 10-Mbps
Ethernet link and a 16-Mbps token ring link are viable; equal-cost routes
between a 4-Mbps token ring link and a 16-Mbps token ring link are not.
WARNING:
Do not equalize the cost of routes whose throughputs differ greatly;
this can interfere with the operation of IPX applications running over the network.
For more information about load balancing and path cost, refer to Chapter 1,
“Understanding,” on page 11 .
How to Balance Traffic Loads over Equal-Cost Routes
Before you begin, make sure of the following:
Š NLSP is enabled on all interfaces you plan to configure.
To enable NLSP globally or on one or more interfaces, refer to “How to
Configure NLSP” on page 74 .
Š The media over which you plan to configure equal-cost routes have the
same or similar throughput ranges.
For a list of throughput ranges and associated media, refer to Table 4 on
page 92 .
To configure load balancing over equal-cost routes, complete the following
steps:
1
Load NIASCFG, then select the following parameter path:
Select Configure NIAS > Protocols and Routing > Protocols > IPX >
Expert Configuration Options
2
Select the Maximum Number of Path Splits parameter, enter a value
between 2 and 8, then press Enter .
Selecting a value of 2 or above automatically enables local load balancing
over the specified number of equal-cost routes.
3
Press Esc and save your changes.
4
Press Esc to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu.