Dell Force10 Z9000 - Load-Balance (E-Series)

load-balance (E-Series)
By default, for E-Series chassis, FTOS uses an IP 5-tuple to distribute IP traffic over members of a Port Channel as well
as equal cost paths. To designate another method to balance traffic over Port Channel members, use the load-
balance command.
E-Series
Syntax
load-balance [ip-selection 3-tuple | ip-selection packet-based]
[mac]
To return to the default setting (IP 5-tuple), use one of the following commands:
• no load-balance ip-selection 3-tuple
• no load-balance ip-selection packet-based
• no load-balance mac
Parameters
ip-selection 3-
tuple
Enter the keywords ip-selection 3-tuple to distribute IP
traffic based on the following criteria:
• IP source address
• IP destination address
• IP Protocol type
NOTE: For IPV6, only the first 32 bits (LSB) of IP SA and IP DA are
used for hash generation.
ip-selection
packet-based
Enter the keywords ip-selection packet-based to
distribute IPV4 traffic based on the IP Identification field in the IPV4
header. This option does not affect IPV6 traffic; that is, IPV6 traffic is
not distributed when this command is executed.
NOTE: Hash-based load-balancing on MPLS does not work when
packet-based hashing (load-balance ip-selection
packet-based) is enabled.
mac Enter the keyword mac to distribute traffic based on the following:
• MAC source address
• MAC destination address
Defaults IP 5-tuple (IP SA, IP DA, IP Protocol Type, Source Port and Destination Port)
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
By default, FTOS distributes incoming traffic based on a hash algorithm using the following
criteria:
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