Cisco IOS based switches may have the ‘desirable’ and ‘passive’ mode options for the LAG setting. The PowerConnect 5316M does not support this implementation. Do not use the ‘desirable’ or ‘passive’ modes when configuring a LAG with a Dell PowerConnect switch. Only use the ‘active’ (for LACP) or ‘on’ (for static) modes.

Switches can only control the distribution of outgoing traffic on LAG ports. The PowerConnect 5316M has static distribution method based on source and destination MAC addresses to decide which port or a LAG a packet will travel. For an in-depth discussion of this algorithm and network design considerations, see the following article:

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps2q05-20040286-Holmes-OE.pdf.

Cisco IOS and CatOS switches provide configuration options for changing the distribution of traffic on LAG ports.

One of the following Cisco IOS command may be useful if poor performance on the LAG from the Cisco IOS switch is observed. In the order listed, the commands will allow the user to configure the switch to distribute packets to ports in a LAG based on: destination IP address, destination Ethernet address, a combination of source and destination IP addresses, a combination of source and destination Ethernet addresses, source IP address, or source Ethernet address.

3750(config)#port-channel load-balance dst-ip

3750(config)#port-channel load-balance dst-mac

3750(config)#port-channel load-balance src-dst-ip

3750(config)#port-channel load-balance src-dst-mac

3750(config)#port-channel load-balance src-ip

3750(config)#port-channel load-balance src-mac

One of the following Cisco CatOS command may be useful if poor performance on the LAG from the Cisco CatOS switch is observed. In the order listed, the commands will allow the user to configure the switch to distribute packets to ports in a LAG based on: destination IP address, destination Ethernet address, a combination of source and destination IP addresses, a combination of source and destination Ethernet addresses, source IP address, or source Ethernet address.

Cat_6509> (enable) set port channel all distribution ip destination Cat_6509> (enable) set port channel all distribution mac destination Cat_6509> (enable) set port channel all distribution ip both Cat_6509> (enable) set port channel all distribution mac both Cat_6509> (enable) set port channel all distribution ip source Cat_6509> (enable) set port channel all distribution mac source

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5316M specifications

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