Appendix A Command Reference for the ML-Series Card

[no] spr load-balance { auto port-based }

[no] spr load-balance { auto port-based }

Specifies the RPR load-balancing scheme for unicast packets.

Syntax Description

Defaults

Command Modes

Examples

Parameter

Description

auto

The default auto option balances the load based on the MAC addresses

 

or the source and destination addresses of the IP packet.

 

 

port-based

The port-based load balancing option maps unicast packets from even

 

ports to the POS 0 interface and odd ports to the POS 1 interface.

 

 

The default setting is auto.

 

SPR interface configuration

 

The following example configures an SPR interface to use port-based load balancing:

ML_Series(config)# interface spr 1

ML_Series(config-if)#spr load-balance port-based

Related Commands interface spr 1

 

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