Configuring A Member Device Description; Configuring Irf Link Load Sharing Mode; Configuring The Global Load Sharing Mode; Configuring A Port-Specific Load Sharing Mode - HP 5900 Series Configuration Manual

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Configuring a member device description

You can configure a description for a member device to identify its physical location or for any other
management purpose.
To configure a description for a member device:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure a description for a
member device.

Configuring IRF link load sharing mode

On an IRF port with multiple links, traffic is balanced across its physical links. You can configure the IRF
port to distribute traffic based on certain criteria, including IP addresses, MAC addresses and any
combination of them. The criteria can also be packet types, such as Layer 2, IPv4, and IPv6.
Configure the IRF link load sharing mode for IRF links in system view or IRF port view:
In system view, the configuration is global and takes effect on all IRF ports.
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In IRF port view, the configuration is port specific and takes effect only on the specific IRF port.
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An IRF port preferentially uses the port-specific load sharing mode. If no port-specific load sharing mode
is available, it uses the global load sharing mode.
The IRF link load sharing mode takes effect on all types of packets, including unicast, multicast, and
broadcast.

Configuring the global load sharing mode

Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure the global IRF link
load sharing mode.

Configuring a port-specific load sharing mode

Before you configure a port-specific load sharing mode, make sure you have bound at least two physical
ports to the IRF port.
To configure a port-specific load sharing mode for an IRF port:
Command
system-view
irf member member-id description text
Command
system-view
irf-port global load-sharing mode
{ destination-ip | destination-mac |
source-ip | source-mac } *
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Remarks
N/A
By default, no member device
description is configured.
Remarks
N/A
By default, packets are
automatically distributed across
IRF member links based on
packet types.
If you execute this command
multiple times, the most recent
configuration takes effect.