Understanding Lacp; Lacp Overview - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Understanding LACP

• Source TCP/UDP port number
• Source and destination TCP/UDP port number
The following table shows the criteria used for each configuration:
Table 10: EtherChannel Load-Balancing Criteria
Configuration
Destination MAC
Source MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Destination IP
Source IP
Source and destination IP
Destination TCP/UDP
port
Source TCP/UDP port
Source and destination
TCP/UDP port
Use the option that provides the balance criteria with the greatest variety in your configuration. For example,
if the traffic on an EtherChannel is going only to a single MAC address and you use the destination MAC
address as the basis of port-channel load balancing, the EtherChannel always chooses the same link in that
EtherChannel; using source addresses or IP addresses might result in better load balancing.
Understanding LACP

LACP Overview

You must enable the LACP feature before you can configure and use LACP functions.
Note
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Layer 2 Criteria Layer 3 Criteria
Destination MAC Destination MAC
Source MAC Source MAC
Source and destination Source and destination
MAC MAC
Destination MAC Destination MAC,
destination IP
Source MAC Source MAC, source IP
Source and destination Source and destination
MAC MAC, source and
destination IP
Destination MAC Destination MAC,
destination IP
Source MAC Source MAC, source IP
Source and destination Source and destination
MAC MAC, source and
destination IP
Information About EtherChannels
Layer 4 Criteria
Destination MAC
Source MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Destination MAC,
destination IP
Source MAC, source IP
Source and destination
MAC, source and
destination IP
Destination MAC,
destination IP, destination
port
Source MAC, source IP,
source port
Source and destination
MAC, source and
destination IP, source and
destination port
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