Setting The Load Distribution Method - Allied Telesis AT-8100L/8 User Manual

Chapter 51: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

Setting the Load Distribution Method

The load distribution method determines the manner in which the switch
distributes the egress packets among the active ports of an aggregator.
The packets can be distributed by source MAC or IP address, destination
MAC or IP address, or by both source and destination addresses. The
distribution methods are discussed in "Load Distribution Methods" on
page 724.
The load distribution method of an aggregator is set with the PORT-
CHANNEL LOAD-BALANCE command in the LACP Port Trunk Interface
mode. To enter the mode, use the INTERFACE PO command from the
Global Configuration mode, in this format:
id_number
interface po
You specify the intended aggregator by adding its ID number as a suffix to
PO.
Here is the format of the PORT-CHANNEL LOAD-BALANCE command:
port-channel load-balance src-mac|dst-mac|src-dst-mac|
src-ip|dst-ip|src-dst-ip
In this example, an aggregator with the ID number 5 is assigned the
source MAC address distribution method:
awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# interface po5
awplus(config-if)# port-channel load-balance src-mac
This example assigns an aggregator with the ID number 17 the source
destination MAC address distribution method:
awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# interface po17
awplus(config-if)# port-channel load-balance src-dst-mac
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