Specifications

Getting Started with HP ProCurve Switching and Routing
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Conversation-based load balancing
Unlike STP, however, switch meshing does not permanently block the unused path
between two switches. Within a meshing domain, all the paths between switches
remain open, and switches can distribute traffic across these available paths as
needed to maintain the same latency from path to path.
Switch meshing enables conversation-based load sharing. Meshed switches assign
conversation (identified by source address and destination address) to the preferred
path, and the conversation stays on that path until it ends or a link goes down.
Meshed switches periodically recheck the factors they consider when choosing a
preferred path, so load sharing is based on each port's current volume. If the
switches choose a new preferred path, they will assign any new conversations to this
path.
In this partially connected mesh domain, the highlighted switch is experiencing a
high load of traffic.
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