Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Nx-Os Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1 - Cisco nexus 5000 series Configuration Manual

Configuring Port Channels
• For a Layer 4 frame, it uses the source and destination MAC addresses and the source and destination
IP addresses.
You can configure the switch to use one of the following methods (see the following table for more details)
to load balance across the port channel:
• Destination MAC address
• Source MAC address
• Source and destination MAC address
• Destination IP address
• Source IP address
• Source and destination IP address
• Destination TCP/UDP port number
• Source TCP/UDP port number
• Source and destination TCP/UDP port number
Table 5: Port Channel 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
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You have the option to include the source and destination port number for the Layer 4
Note
frame.
Layer 2 Criteria
Destination MAC
Source MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Destination MAC
Source MAC
Source and destination
MAC
Destination MAC
Source MAC

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)

Load Balancing Using Port Channels
Layer 3 Criteria Layer 4 Criteria
Destination MAC Destination MAC
Source MAC Source MAC
Source and destination Source and destination
MAC MAC
Destination MAC, Destination MAC,
destination IP destination IP
Source MAC, source IP Source MAC, source IP
Source and destination Source and destination
MAC, source and MAC, source and
destination IP destination IP
Destination MAC, Destination MAC,
destination IP destination IP, destination
port
Source MAC, source IP Source MAC, source IP,
source port
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