HP A5120 EI Series

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Figure 10 Local-first link-aggregation load sharing
Any member ports on
the ingress switch?
Local-first load sharing
mechanism enabled?
Yes No
Yes
No
The egress port for a traffic flow
is an aggregate interface that has
member ports on different IRF
member switches
Packets are load shared only
across the member ports on
the ingress switch
Packets are load shared
across all member ports
Follow these steps to enable local-first load sharing for link aggregation:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable local-first load-sharing for
link aggregation
link-aggregation load-sharing
mode local-first
Optional
Enabled by default.
Enabling link-aggregation traffic redirection
The link-aggregation traffic redirection function is available on IRF member switches. It can redirect traffic
between IRF member switches for a cross-device link aggregation group. Link-aggregation traffic
redirection prevents traffic interruption when you reboot an IRF member switch that contains link
aggregation member ports. For more information about IRF, see the IRF Configuration Guide.
Follow these steps to enable link-aggregation traffic redirection:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable link-aggregation traffic
redirection
link-aggregation lacp traffic-redirect-
notification enable
Optional
Disabled by default.