HP Cisco MDS 9120 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2( - Page 185

Chapter 2 Ethernet Commands port-channel load-balance ethernet Send comments to [email protected] port-channel load-balance ethernet To set the load-balancing method among the interfaces in the channel-group bundle, use the port-channel load-balance ethernet command. To return the system priority to the default value, use the no form of this command. port-channel load-balance ethernet method no port-channel load-balance ethernet [method] Syntax Description method Load-balancing method. See the "Usage Guidelines" section for a list of valid values. Command Default Loads distribution on the source and destination MAC address. Command Modes Configuration mode Command History Release 4.0(0)N1(1a) Modification This command was introduced. Usage Guidelines The valid load-balancing method values are as follows: • destination-ip-Loads distribution on the destination IP address. • destination-mac-Loads distribution on the destination MAC address. • destination-port-Loads distribution on the destination port. • source-destination-ip-Loads distribution on the source and destination IP address. • source-destination-mac-Loads distribution on the source and destination MAC address. • source-destination-port-Loads distribution on the source and destination port. • source-ip-Loads distribution on the source IP address. • source-mac-Loads distribution on the source MAC address. • source-port-Loads distribution on the source port. Use the option that provides the balance criteria with the greatest variety in your configuration. For example, if the traffic on a EtherChannel is going only to a single MAC address and you use the destination MAC address as the basis of EtherChannel load balancing, the EtherChannel always chooses the same link in that EtherChannel; using source addresses or IP addresses might result in better load balancing. Examples This example shows how to set the load-balancing method to use the source IP: switch(config)# port-channel load-balance ethernet source-ip OL-16599-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference 2-37