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Manual configuration commands, Port channel load-balance – Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch Configuration Guide (Supporting R2.2.0.0) User Manual

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Link Aggregation Commands

All ports in a trunk must be configured in an identical manner, including communication mode
(i.e., speed and duplex mode), VLAN assignments, and CoS settings.

Any of the Gigabit ports on the front panel can be trunked together, including ports of different
media types.

All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from/to, added or deleted
from a VLAN via the specified port-channel.

STP, VLAN, and IGMP settings can only be made for the entire trunk via the specified
port-channel.

Dynamically Creating a Port Channel –

Ports assigned to a common port channel must meet the following criteria:

Ports must have the same LACP system priority.

Ports must have the same port admin key (Ethernet Interface).

If the port channel admin key (

lacp admin key

- Port Channel) is not set when a channel group

is formed (i.e., it has the null value of 0), this key is set to the same value as the port admin key
(

lacp admin key

- Ethernet Interface) used by the interfaces that joined the group.

However, if the port channel admin key is set, then the port admin key must be set to the same
value for a port to be allowed to join a channel group.

If a link goes down, LACP port priority is used to select the backup link.

Manual Configuration Commands

port channel load-balance

This command sets the load-distribution method among ports in aggregated links (for both static
and dynamic trunks). Use the no form to restore the default setting.

Syntax

port channel load-balance {dst-ip | dst-mac | src-dst-ip | src-dst-mac | src-ip | src-mac}

no port channel load-balance

dst-ip - Load balancing based on destination IP address.

dst-mac - Load balancing based on destination MAC address.

src-dst-ip - Load balancing based on source and destination IP address.

src-dst-mac - Load balancing based on source and destination MAC address.

src-ip - Load balancing based on source IP address.

src-mac - Load balancing based on source MAC address.

Default Setting
src-dst-mac

Command Mode
Global Configuration

Command Usage

This command applies to all static and dynamic trunks on the switch.