Port-Channel Load-Balance - Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 Reference Manual

Chapter 2 Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Cisco IOS Commands

port-channel load-balance

Use the port-channel load-balance global configuration command on the switch stack or on a
standalone switch 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
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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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