COnfiguration Suggestion - Etherchannel

Thu Jul 29 12:22:54 UTC 2004

Ben Buxton wrote:

> On a related note - is it possible to get a 650x switch to perform flow
> based etherchannel load balancing, WITHOUT the switch actually routing
> (ie performing purely swithcing functions)??

I believe you then have to play around with the frame distribution 
settings in the Cat to maybe get what you're after.  I only see the 
options in CatOS, I didn't dig too deep to find in in the Native IOS 
command set.

 From Cisco:

When configurable, EtherChannel frame distribution can use MAC 
addresses, IP addresses, and Layer 4 port numbers. You can specify 
either source or destination address or both source and destination 
addresses and Layer 4 port numbers. The mode you select applies to all 
EtherChannels configured on the switch. Use the option that provides the 
greatest variety in your configuration. For example, if the traffic on a 
channel is going to a single MAC address only, using source addresses or 
IP addresses or Layer 4 port numbers as the basis for frame distribution 
may provide better frame distribution than selecting MAC addresses as 
the basis.

I think that's about as good as it gets...

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