Enabling Link-Aggregation Traffic Redirection - HP A5120 EI Series Configuration Manual

Figure 10 Local-first link-aggregation load sharing
Any member ports on
the ingress switch?
Packets are load shared only
across the member ports on
the ingress switch
Follow these steps to enable local-first load sharing for link aggregation:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable local-first load-sharing for
link aggregation

Enabling link-aggregation traffic redirection

The link-aggregation traffic redirection function is available on IRF member switches. It can redirect traffic
between IRF member switches for a cross-device link aggregation group. Link-aggregation traffic
redirection prevents traffic interruption when you reboot an IRF member switch that contains link
aggregation member ports. For more information about IRF, see the IRF Configuration Guide.
Follow these steps to enable link-aggregation traffic redirection:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable link-aggregation traffic
redirection
The egress port for a traffic flow
is an aggregate interface that has
member ports on different IRF
member switches
Yes
Local-first load sharing
mechanism enabled?
No
Yes
Use the command...
system-view
link-aggregation load-sharing
mode local-first
Use the command...
system-view
link-aggregation lacp traffic-redirect-
notification enable
No
Packets are load shared
across all member ports
Remarks
—
Optional
Enabled by default.
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Remarks
—
Optional
Disabled by default.