Thursday, March 10, 2011

Cisco Catalyst and Nexus Switch Load Balancing Methods

C2950(config)#port-channel ?
  load-balance  Load Balancing method

C2950(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-mac  Dst Mac Addr
  src-mac  Src Mac Addr

C2950(config)#
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C2960(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-ip       Dst IP Addr
  dst-mac      Dst Mac Addr
  src-dst-ip   Src XOR Dst IP Addr
  src-dst-mac  Src XOR Dst Mac Addr
  src-ip       Src IP Addr
  src-mac      Src Mac Addr

C2960(config)#
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C3550(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-mac  Dst Mac Addr
  src-mac  Src Mac Addr

C3550(config)#
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C3560(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-ip       Dst IP Addr
  dst-mac      Dst Mac Addr
  src-dst-ip   Src XOR Dst IP Addr
  src-dst-mac  Src XOR Dst Mac Addr
  src-ip       Src IP Addr
  src-mac      Src Mac Addr

C3560(config)#
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C3750(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-ip       Dst IP Addr
  dst-mac      Dst Mac Addr
  src-dst-ip   Src XOR Dst IP Addr
  src-dst-mac  Src XOR Dst Mac Addr
  src-ip       Src IP Addr
  src-mac      Src Mac Addr

C3750(config)#
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C4500(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-ip        Dst IP Addr
  dst-mac       Dst Mac Addr
  dst-port      Dst TCP/UDP Port
  src-dst-ip    Src XOR Dst IP Addr
  src-dst-mac   Src XOR Dst Mac Addr
  src-dst-port  Src XOR Dst TCP/UDP Port
  src-ip        Src IP Addr
  src-mac       Src Mac Addr
  src-port      Src TCP/UDP Port

C4500(config)#
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C6500(config)#port-channel ?
  hash-distribution  Hash Distribution method
  load-balance       Load Balancing method
  load-defer         Load Share defer time interval
  per-module         per-module configuration

C6500(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-ip                 Dst IP Addr
  dst-mac                Dst Mac Addr
  dst-mixed-ip-port      Dst IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  dst-port               Dst TCP/UDP Port
  mpls                   Load Balancing for MPLS packets
  src-dst-ip             Src XOR Dst IP Addr
  src-dst-mac            Src XOR Dst Mac Addr
  src-dst-mixed-ip-port  Src XOR Dst IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  src-dst-port           Src XOR Dst TCP/UDP Port
  src-ip                 Src IP Addr
  src-mac                Src Mac Addr
  src-mixed-ip-port      Src IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  src-port               Src TCP/UDP Port

C6500(config)#port-channel hash-distribution ?
  adaptive  selective distribution of the bndl_hash among port-channel members
  fixed     fixed distribution of the bndl_hash among port-channel members

C6500(config)#port-channel load-defer ?
  <1-1800>  Load Share defer time interval in seconds (default 120 seconds)

C6500(config)#port-channel per-module ?
  load-balance  Load Balance Enable

C6500(config)#port-channel per-module load-balance ?
  <cr>

C6500(config)#
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N5000(config)# port-channel ?
  load-balance  Configure port-channel load balance

N5000(config)# port-channel load-balance ?
  ethernet  Ethernet port-channel

N5000(config)# port-channel load-balance ethernet ?
  destination-ip    Destination IP address
  destination-mac   Destination MAC address
  destination-port  Destination TCP/UDP port
  source-dest-ip    Source & Destination IP address
  source-dest-mac   Source & Destination MAC address
  source-dest-port  Source & Destination TCP/UDP port
  source-ip         Source IP address
  source-mac        Source MAC address
  source-port       Source TCP/UDP port

N5000(config)#
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N7000(config)# port-channel ?
  load-balance  Configure port-channel load balance

N7000(config)# port-channel load-balance ?
  ethernet  Ethernet port-channel

N7000(config)# port-channel load-balance ethernet ?
  dest-ip-port              Destination IP address and L4 port
  dest-ip-port-vlan         Destination IP address, L4 port and VLAN
  destination-ip-vlan       Destination IP address and VLAN
  destination-mac           Destination MAC address
  destination-port          Destination L4 port
  source-dest-ip-port       Source & Destination IP address and L4 port
  source-dest-ip-port-vlan  Source & Destination IP address, L4 port and VLAN
  source-dest-ip-vlan       Source & Destination IP address and VLAN
  source-dest-mac           Source & Destination MAC address
  source-dest-port          Source & Destination L4 port
  source-ip-port            Source IP address and L4 port
  source-ip-port-vlan       Source IP address, L4 port and VLAN
  source-ip-vlan            Source IP address and VLAN
  source-mac                Source MAC address
  source-port               Source L4 port

N7000(config)#

1 comment:

  1. Ah..the etherchannel load balancing options are more than catalyst switch. When will I get a chance to use a Nexus...

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