Configurable Trunk Hash Algorithm

BLADEOS 6.5.2 Application Guide

Traffic in a trunk group is statistically distributed among member ports using a hash process where various address and attribute bits from each transmitted frame are recombined to specify the particular trunk port the frame will use.

The switch can be configured to use a variety of hashing options. To achieve the most even traffic distribution, select options that exhibit a wide range of values for your particular network. Avoid hashing on information that is not usually present in the expected traffic, or which does not vary.

The G8124 supports the following hashing options:

Layer 2 source MAC address

RS G8124(config)# portchannel hash source-mac-address

Layer 2 destination MAC address

RS G8124(config)# portchannel hash destination-mac-address

Layer 2 source and destination MAC address

RS G8124(config)# portchannel hash source-destination-mac

Layer 3 IPv4/IPv6 source IP address

RS G8124(config)# portchannel hash source-ip-address

Layer 3 IPv4/IPv6 destination IP address

RS G8124(config)# portchannel hash destination-ip-address

Layer 3 source and destination IPv4/IPv6 address (the default)

RS G8124(config)# portchannel hash source-destination-ip

Note – Layer 3 hashing options (source IP address and destination IP address) enabled either for port trunk hashing or for ECMP route hashing (ip route ecmphash) apply to both the trunking and ECMP features (the enabled settings are cumulative). If trunk hashing behavior is not as expected, disable any unwanted options set in ECMP route hashing. Likewise, if ECMP route hashing behavior is not as expected, disable any unwanted options enabled in trunk hashing.

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G8124-E, G8124 specifications

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Blade ICE G8124-E manual Configurable Trunk Hash Algorithm, Layer 2 destination MAC address

Models: G8124-E G8124

BLADEOS 6.5.2 Application Guide