Force10 Networks PSeries 100-00055-01 - Manual (Page 100)

100 Appendix A
Parameters
Default MAC rewrite is disabled by default. The default value for the LSB is the system-assigned
hash index value.
Command
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Example Figure 63
[root@localhost SW]# pnic macrewrite-on
No card number specified. Assuming card 0
No channel number specified. Assuming channel 0
*** Enabling MAC rewrite on card:0 channel:0 successful.
[root@localhost SW]#
pnic macrewrite-on Command Example
Usage
Information
MAC rewriting can be used for load balancing. Load balancing is achieved by overwriting the
least significant byte of the destination MAC address for packets with a specified source and
destination IP address with a user specified value.
Related
Commands
pnic off (deprecated)
Disable the capturing of packets via direct memory access (DMA).
Syntax
pnic off
Parameters
Command
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number
Enter the number of the network interface card.
Range: 0-5
Default: 0
channel
Enter the channel number
Range: 0-1
Default: 0
Version 2.1.0.0 Introduced
pnic macrewrite-off Disable MAC rewriting.
number
Enter the number of the network interface card.
Range: 0-5
Default: 0
Version 2.0.0.1 Introduced