Users Guide

NOTE: Packet loss might occur when you enable ip/ipv6 ecmp-deterministic for the first-time
only.
• Enable IPv4 Deterministic ECMP next hop.
CONFIGURATION mode.
ip ecmp-deterministic
• Enable IPv6 Deterministic ECMP next hop.
CONFIGURATION mode.
ipv6 ecmp-deterministic
Configuring the Hash Algorithm Seed
Deterministic ECMP sorts ECMPs in order even though RTM provides them in a random order. However, the
hash algorithm uses as a seed the lower 12 bits of the chassis MAC, which yields a different hash result for
every chassis.
This behavior means that for a given flow, even though the prefixes are sorted, two unrelated chassis can
select different hops.
Dell Networking OS provides a command line interface (CLI)-based solution for modifying the hash seed to
ensure that on each configured system, the ECMP selection is same. When configured, the same seed is set
for ECMP, LAG, and NH, and is used for incoming traffic only.
NOTE
: While the seed is stored separately on each port-pipe, the same seed is used across all CAMs.
NOTE: You cannot separate LAG and ECMP, but you can use different algorithms across the chassis with
the same seed. If LAG member ports span multiple port-pipes and line cards, set the seed to the same
value on each port-pipe to achieve deterministic behavior.
NOTE: If you remove the hash algorithm configuration, the hash seed does not return to the original
factory default setting.
To configure the hash algorithm seed, use the following command.
• Specify the hash algorithm seed.
CONFIGURATION mode.
hash-algorithm seed value [stack—unit number] [port-set number]
The range is from 0 to 447483646.
Link Bundle Monitoring
Monitoring linked ECMP bundles allows traffic distribution amounts in a link to be monitored for unfair
distribution at any given time.
A default threshold of 60% is defined as an acceptable amount of traffic on a member link. Links are
monitored in 15-second intervals for three consecutive instances. Any deviation within that time sends a
syslog and generates an alarm event. When the deviation clears, another syslog is sent and a clear alarm event
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