Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 843)

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Configuring IP load sharing
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NOTE
The symmetric load balancing option is applicable only for Brocade MLX series and Brocade NetIron
XMR devices. The Brocade NetIron CER and Brocade NetIron CES devices load balance all traffic on
the LAGs symmetrically. Therefore, the Brocade NetIron CER and Brocade NetIron CES devices do
not support the symmetric load balancing commands.
With the symmetric load balancing option set, the trunk hash calculation is determined using all or
a combination of the following parameters: MAC source and destination addresses, IPv4 source
and destination addresses, IPv6 source and destination addresses, TCP or UDP source and
destination port information, inner MAC source and destination addresses, inner IPv4 source and
destination addresses, and inner IPv6 source and destination addresses.
To enable the symmetric load balancing option on an interface, enter commands such as the
following.
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric ethernet 2
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric ip all
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric ipv6 2
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric l4_ip 2
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric l4_ipv6 2
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric inner_ethernet 2
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric inner_ip 2
Brocade(config)# load-balance symmetric inner_ipv6 2
Syntax: [no] load-balance symmetric ethernet | ip | ipv6 | l4_ip | l4_ipv6 | inner_ethernet |
inner_ip | inner_ipv6 | packet [all | slot-number | slot-number np-id]
The ethernet option specifies the Ethernet header fields.
The ip option specifies the IP header fields.
The ipv6 option specifies the IPv6 header fields.
The l4_ip option specifies the Layer 4 IP fields
The l4_ipv6 option specifies the Layer 4 IPv6 fields.
The inner_ethernet option specifies the inner Ethernet fields.
The inner_ip option specifies the inner IP fields.
The inner_ipv6 option specifies the inner IPv6 fields.
The packet option specifies all the packet fields.
The all option applies the command to all ports within the router.
Specifying a slot number using the slot-number variable limits the command to an individual
module.