Command Line Reference Guide

630 | IPv4 Routing
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Defaults
IP 5-tuple (IP SA, IP DA, IP Protocol Type, Source Port and Destination Port)
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
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Usage
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By default, FTOS distributes incoming traffic based on a hash algorithm using the following criteria:
IP source address
IP destination address
IP Protocol type
TCP/UDP source port
TCP/UDP destination port
The table below lists the load balance command options and how the command combinations effect the
distribution of traffic.
Related
Commands
ip-selection
packet-based
Enter the keywords ip-selection packet-based to distribute IPV4 traffic based on the
IP Identification field in the IPV4 header.
This option does not affect IPV6 traffic; that is, IPV6 traffic is not distributed when this
command is executed.
Note: Hash-based load-balancing on MPLS does not work when packet-based hashing
(
load-balance ip-selection packet-based) is enabled.
mac Enter the keyword mac to distribute traffic based on the following:
MAC source address, and
MAC destination address.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 6.1.1.0 Introduced for E-Series
Note: For IPV6, only the first 32 bits (LSB) of IP Source Address and IP Destination Address are used
for hash generation.
Table 26-57. Configurations of the load-balance Command
Configuration Switched IP Traffic
Routed IP Traffic
(IPV4 Only)
Switched Non-IP Traffic
Default (IP 5-tuple) IP 5-tuple IP 5-tuple MAC based
ip-selection 3-tuple IP 3-tuple IP 3-tuple MAC based
mac MAC based IP 5-tuple MAC based
ip-selection 3-tuple and mac MAC based IP 3-tuple MAC based
ip-selection packet-based
Packet based: IPV4
No distribution: IPV6
Packet based: IPV4 MAC based
ip-selection packet-based and mac MAC based Packet based: IPV4 MAC based
ip address Change the algorithm used to distribute traffic on an E-Series chassis.