Foundry Networks Switch and Router Installation And Configuration Manual page 503

USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
1. Log on to the device using a valid user name and password for read-write access. The System configuration
panel is displayed.
2. Click on the plus sign next to Configure in the tree view to expand the list of configuration options.
3. Click on the plus sign next to IP in the tree view to expand the list of IP option links.
4. Click on the General link to display the IP configuration panel.
5. Click the Disable radio button next to Load Sharing.
6. Click the Apply button to save the change to the device's running-config file.
7. Select the Save link at the bottom of the dialog. Select Yes when prompted to save the configuration change
to the startup-config file on the device's flash memory.
Changing the Load Sharing Method on Chassis Layer 3 Switches
Chassis Layer 3 Switches can perform IP load sharing based on destination host address or destination network
address. The default for all chassis Layer 3 Switches is network-based IP load sharing. If you want to enable a
chassis Layer 3 Switch to perform host-based IP load sharing instead, use either of the following methods.
NOTE: Stackable Layer 3 Switches support host-based IP load sharing only.
NOTE: Regardless of the method of load sharing that is enabled on a chassis Layer 3 Switch, the Layer 3 Switch
always load shares paths for default routes and the network default route based on destination host address.
USING THE CLI
To enable host-based IP load sharing, enter the following command:
BigIron(config)# ip load-sharing by-host
This command enables host-based IP load sharing on the device. The command also disables network-based IP
load-sharing at the same time.
Syntax: [no] ip load-sharing by-host
To disable host-based IP load sharing and re-enable network-based IP load sharing, enter the following
command:
BigIron(config)# no ip load-sharing by-host
USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
You cannot configure this option using the Web management interface.
Enabling Host-Based Load-Sharing for a Specific Destination Network
Chassis Layer 3 Switches can perform IP load sharing on a network basis or an individual host basis. The default
on these devices is network-based load sharing. You can take advantage of the forwarding-cache optimization
provided by network-based load sharing while using the more granular host-based load sharing for specific
destination networks.
Use this feature when you want to use network-based load sharing by default but also want to use host-based
load sharing for specific destination networks.
NOTE: This feature applies only to chassis Layer 3 Switches. Stackable Layer 3 Switches perform host-based
load sharing for all destinations and cannot be configured for network-based load sharing. Use this feature only
when network-based load sharing is enabled.
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