Force10 Networks 100-00055-01 manual pnic macrewrite-off, pnic macrewrite-on

pnic macrewrite-off

Syntax

Parameters

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Example

Disable MAC rewriting. This is the default behavior.

pnic macrewrite-off [number] [channel]

Enable MAC rewriting using the command pnic macrewrite-on.

number	Enter the number of the network interface card.
	Range: 0-5
	Default: 0
channel	Enter the channel number
	Range: 0-1
	Default: 0
Version 2.1.0.0	Introduced

Figure 62 pnic macrewrite-off Command Example

[root@localhost SW]# pnic macrewrite-off No card number specified. Assuming card 0

No channel number specified. Assuming channel 0

***Disabling MAC rewrite on card:0 channel:0 successful. [root@localhost SW]#

Usage Information

Related Commands

MAC rewriting can be used for load balancing. Load balancing is achieved by overwriting the least significant byte of the destination MAC address for packets with a specified source and destination IP address with a user specified value.

pnic macrewrite-on	Rewrite the least significant byte (LSB) of the destination MAC
	address for packets with particular source and destination IP
	addresses.

pnic macrewrite-on

Rewrite the least significant byte (LSB) of the destination MAC address for packets with particular source and destination IP addresses.

Syntax pnic macrewrite-on [number] [channel]

Disable MAC rewriting using the command pnic macrewrite-off.

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