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Improving Network Availability
Load Balancing Overrides
Table 2 shows the packet types for which the indexed circuit assignment
algorithm is used. Also shown is the index used for the calculation.
Table 2. Packet Types for Indexed Circuit Assignment
Protocol
AppleTalk
DECnet
IP
learning bridge
learning bridge
Load Balancing Overrides
The circuit assignment algorithms described above can be overridden for IP
and Novell IPX traffic. Answering Yes for the IP network interface defini-
tion's Load Balancing parameter changes load balancing for all IP packets on
that particular circuit group to random (circuit assignment algorithm #1).
Random usually works quite well and is generally better than the indexed
method when the number of simultaneous sessions (source/destination
address pairs) is low.
Answering No for the Random Load Balancing parameter in the Novell IPX
network interface definition selects indexed (circuit assignment algorithm
#2) load balancing rather than random load balancing on that particular
circuit group. Indexed load balancing is recommended when systems
running Netware have been configured to use Netware's Burstmode NLM.
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Packet Type
data packets last 4 bytes of destination station address +
last 4 bytes of source station address
data packets destination node # (intra-area traffic) or
destination area # (inter-area traffic)
all packets destination IP address + source IP address
no filters or last 4 bytes of destination station address +
filters without last 4 bytes of source station address
load balancing
load balancing none; traffic sent by type on assigned circuit
filters
Index