Dell PowerConnect 5424 Command Line Interface Guide

Port Channel Commands 283
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode.
User Guidelines
• There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
The following example shows how port g5 is configured to port-channel number 1 without LACP.
port-channel load-balance
The port-channel load-balance Global Configuration mode command configures the load balancing
policy of the port channeling. Use the no form of this command to reset to default.
Syntax
• port-channel load-balance { layer-2 | layer-3 | layer-2-3 }
• no port-channel load-balance
• layer-2 — Port channel load balancing is based on layer 2 parameters.
• layer-3 — Port channel load balancing is based on layer 3 parameters.
• layer-2-3 — Port channel load balancing is based on layer 2 and layer 3 parameters.
Default Configuration
Layer 2.
Command Modes
Global Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• In L2+L3 load balancing policy, fragmented packets might be reordered.
Example
The following example configures the load balancing policy of the port channeling on layer 2.
Console (config)# interface ethernet g5
Console (config-if)# channel-group 1 mode on
Console (config) # port-channel load-balance layer-2
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Dell PowerConnect 5424 Specifications

General

Ports	24 x 10/100/1000Base-T
Switching Capacity	48 Gbps
Forwarding Rate	35.7 Mpps
VLAN Support	Yes
Rack Mountable	Yes
Power Supply	Internal
MAC Address Table Size	8K entries
RAM	128 MB
Flash Memory	16 MB
Voltage Required	100-240V AC
Management	Web, CLI, SNMP
Operating Temperature	0°C to 45°C
Storage Temperature	-20°C to 70°C
Humidity	10% to 90% (non-condensing)
Standards Compliance	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
Remote Management Protocol	SNMP, RMON, Telnet
Features	QoS, VLAN, Link Aggregation