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Chapter 2 Cisco ME 3800X and ME 3600X Switch Cisco IOS Commands
port-channel load-balance
port-channel load-balance
To set the load-distribution method among the ports in the EtherChannel, use the port-channel
load-balance command in global configuration mode. To return to the default setting, use the no form
of this command.
port-channel load-balance {dst-ip | dst-mac | src-dst-ip | src-dst-mac | src-ip | src-mac}
no port-channel load-balance
Syntax Description
Defaults The default is src-mac.
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines For information about when to use these forwarding methods, see the “Configuring EtherChannels”
chapter in the software configuration guide for this release.
You can verify the configuration by entering the show running-config privileged EXEC command or
the show etherchannel load-balance privileged EXEC command.
Examples This example shows how to set the load-distribution method to dst-mac:
Switch(config)# port-channel load-balance dst-mac
dst-ip Load distribution is based on the destination host IP address.
dst-mac 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.
src-dst-ip Load distribution is based on the source and destination host IP address.
src-dst-mac Load distribution is based on the source and destination host MAC address.
src-ip Load distribution is based on the source host IP address.
src-mac 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.
Release Modification
12.2(52EY This command was introduced.
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