Force10 Networks PSeries 100-00055-01 - Manual (Page 99)

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pnic macrewrite-off
Disable MAC rewriting. This is the default behavior.
Syntax
pnic macrewrite-off [number] [channel]
Enable MAC rewriting using the command pnic macrewrite-on .
Parameters
Command
History
Example Figure 62
[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]#
pnic macrewrite-off Command Example
Usage
Information
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.
Related
Commands
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 .
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
pnic macrewrite-on Rewrite the least significant byte (LSB) of the destination MAC
address for packets with particular source and destination IP
addresses.