Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Command Reference Guide

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference—Release IOS XE 3.4.0SG and IOS 15.1(2)SG)
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Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
port-channel load-balance
port-channel load-balance
To set the load-distribution method among the ports in the bundle, use the port-channel load-balance
command. To reset the load distribution to the default, use the no form of this command.
port-channel load-balance method
no port-channel load-balance
Syntax Description
Defaults Load distribution on the source XOR destination IP address is enabled.
Command Modes Global configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines The following values are valid for the load-distribution method:
• dst-ip—Load distribution on the destination IP address
• dst-mac—Load distribution on the destination MAC address
• dst-port—Load distribution on the destination TCP/UDP port
• src-dst-ip—Load distribution on the source XOR destination IP address
• src-dst-mac—Load distribution on the source XOR destination MAC address
• src-dst-port—Load distribution on the source XOR destination TCP/UDP port
• src-ip—Load distribution on the source IP address
• src-mac—Load distribution on the source MAC address
• src-port—Load distribution on the source port
Examples This example shows how to set the load-distribution method to the destination IP address:
Switch(config)# port-channel load-balance dst-ip
Switch(config)#
This example shows how to set the load-distribution method to the source XOR destination IP address:
Switch(config)# port-channel load-balance src-dst-port
Switch(config)#
method Specifies the load distribution method. See the “Usage Guidelines” section for more
information.
Release Modification
12.1(8a)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E