Port-Channel Load-Balance - Cisco Catalyst 2960 Command Reference Manual

port-channel load-balance

port-channel load-balance
Use the port-channel load-balance global configuration command to set the load-distribution method
among the ports in the EtherChannel. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting.
Syntax Description dst-ip
dst-mac
src-dst-ip
src-dst-mac
src-ip
src-mac
Defaults The default is src-mac.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History Release
12.2(25)FX
Usage Guidelines
For information about when to use these forwarding methods, see the "Configuring EtherChannels"
chapter in the software configuration guide for this release.
Examples This example shows how to set the load-distribution method to dst-mac:
Switch(config)# port-channel load-balance dst-mac
You can verify your setting by entering the show running-config privileged EXEC command or the
show etherchannel load-balance privileged EXEC command.
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port-channel load-balance {dst-ip | dst-mac | src-dst-ip | src-dst-mac | src-ip | src-mac}
no port-channel load-balance
Load distribution is based on the destination host IP address.
Load distribution is based on the destination host MAC address. Packets to the same
destination are sent on the same port, but packets to different destinations are sent on
different ports in the channel.
Load distribution is based on the source and destination host IP address.
Load distribution is based on the source and destination host MAC address.
Load distribution is based on the source host IP address.
Load distribution is based on the source MAC address. Packets from different hosts use
different ports in the channel, but packets from the same host use the same port.
Modification
This command was introduced.
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