Load-Balance Hg - Dell Force10 S4810P Reference Manual

The table below lists the load balance command options and how the command
combinations affect the distribution of traffic.
Configuration
Default (IP 5-tuple)
ip-selection 3-tuple
mac
ip-selection 3-tuple
and mac
ip-selection packet-
based
ip-selection packet-
based and mac
Related ip address
Commands

load-balance hg

Choose the traffic flow parameters to be used in the hash calculation while distributing the traffic across internal higig
links.
Z-Series
Syntax [no] load-balance hg { ip-selection | ipv6-selection [source-ip
| source-ipv6 | source-port-id | source-module-id | dest-ip |
dest-ipv6 | dest-port-id | dest-module-id | protocol | vlan |
L4-source-port | L4-dest-port ] | mac [source-mac | source-
port-id | source-module-id | dest-mac | dest-port-id | dest-
module-id | vlan | ethertype | source-dest-mac ] | tunnel
[ipv4-over-ipv4 | ipv4-over-gre-ipv4 | mac-in-mac]}
866
• IP source address
• IP destination address
• IP Protocol type
• TCP/UDP source port
• TCP/UDP destination port
NOTE: For IPV6, only the first 32 bits (LSB) of IP Source Address and IP Destination
Address are used for hash generation.
Switched IP Traffic
IP 5-tuple
IP 3-tuple
MAC based
MAC based
Packet based: IPV4
No distribution: IPV6
MAC based
– change the algorithm used to distribute traffic on an E-Series chassis.
Routed IP Traffic Switched Non-IP
(IPV4 Only) Traffic
IP 5-tuple MAC based
IP 3-tuple MAC based
IP 5-tuple MAC based
IP 3-tuple MAC based
Packet based: IPV4 MAC based
Packet based: IPV4 MAC based