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Chapter 36 Configuring SAN Port Channels
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Exchange based—The first frame in an exchange is assigned to a link, and then subsequent frames
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in the exchange follow the same link. However, subsequent exchanges can use a different link. This
method provides finer granularity for load balancing while preserving the order of frames for each
exchange.
Figure 36-3
on an interface for forwarding, link 1 is selected. Each subsequent frame in that flow is sent over the
same link. No frame in SID1 and DID1 utilizes link 2.
Figure 36-3
SID1, DID1,
Exchange 1
SID1, DID1,
Exchange 2
SID2, DID2
Exchange 1
Figure 36-4
is received for forwarding on an interface, link 1 is chosen by a hash algorithm. All remaining frames in
that particular exchange are sent on the same link. For exchange 1, no frame uses link 2. For the next
exchange, link 2 is chosen by the hash algorithm. Now all frames in exchange 2 use link 2.
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illustrates how flow-based load balancing works. When the first frame in a flow is received
SID1, DID1, and Flow-Based Load Balancing
Frame 1
Frame 2
Frame 3
Frame n
Frame 1
Frame 2
Frame 3
Frame n
Frame 1
Frame 2
Frame 3
Frame n
illustrates how exchange-based load balancing works. When the first frame in an exchange
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Link 1
Link 2
Link 1
Link 2
Link 1
Link 2
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