Cisco Nexus 1000V - Lacp

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Destination IP address
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Source IP address
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Source and destination IP addresses
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VLAN only
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Source virtual port ID
When you configure source MAC address load balancing, the source MAC address is used to balance the
traffic load. When you configure the destination MAC address load-balancing method, the traffic load is
balanced using the destination MAC address.
When you configure source IP address load balancing, the source IP address is used to balance the traffic
load. When you configure the destination IP address load-balancing method, the traffic load is balanced using
the destination IP address.
Starting from Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.1), IPv6 support is added for IP and TCP/UDP-based load balancing.Note
The load balancing methods that use port channels do not apply to multicast traffic. Regardless of the method
configured, multicast traffic uses the following methods for load balancing with port channels:
• Multicast traffic with Layer 4 information—Source IP address, source port, destination IP address, and
destination port
• Multicast traffic without Layer 4 information—Source IP address and destination IP address
• Non-IP multicast traffic—Source MAC address and destination MAC address
LACP
The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) allows you to configure up to 16 interfaces into a port channel.
A maximum of eight interfaces can be active, and a maximum of eight interfaces can be placed in a standby
state. The following figure shows how individual links can be combined into LACP port channels and channel
groups as well as function as individual links.
Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Interface Configuration Guide, Release 5.x
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Configuring Port Channels
LACP