Cisco Systems N5KC5596TFA Configuration, Layer 2 Criteria, Layer 3 Criteria, Layer 4 Criteria

Configuring Port Channels

Load Balancing Using Port Channels

•For a Layer 4 frame, it uses the source and destination MAC addresses and the source and destination IP addresses.

Note You have the option to include the source and destination port number for the Layer 4 frame.

You can configure the switch to use one of the following methods (see the following table for more details) to load balance across the port channel:

•Destination MAC address

•Source MAC address

•Source and destination MAC address

•Destination IP address

•Source IP address

•Source and destination IP address

•Destination TCP/UDP port number

•Source TCP/UDP port number

•Source and destination TCP/UDP port number

Table 4: Port Channel Load-Balancing Criteria
Configuration	Layer 2 Criteria	Layer 3 Criteria	Layer 4 Criteria
Destination MAC	Destination MAC	Destination MAC	Destination MAC
Source MAC	Source MAC	Source MAC	Source MAC
Source and destination	Source and destination	Source and destination	Source and destination
MAC	MAC	MAC	MAC
Destination IP	Destination MAC	Destination MAC,	Destination MAC,
		destination IP	destination IP
Source IP	Source MAC	Source MAC, source IP	Source MAC, source IP
Source and destination IP	Source and destination	Source and destination	Source and destination
	MAC	MAC, source and	MAC, source and
		destination IP	destination IP
Destination TCP/UDP	Destination MAC	Destination MAC,	Destination MAC,
port		destination IP	destination IP, destination
			port
Source TCP/UDP port	Source MAC	Source MAC, source IP	Source MAC, source IP,
			source port

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)

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