DELL 9.8(0.0) User Manual

Version

Description

8.3.7.0

Introduced on the S4810.

8.1.1.0

Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.

7.6.1.0

Introduced on the S-Series.

7.5.1.0

Introduced on the C-Series.

pre-6.1.1.0

Introduced on the E-Series.

load-balance

By default, for C-Series and S-Series, Dell Networking OS uses an IP 4-tuple (IP SA, IP DA, Source Port, 

and Destination Port) to distribute IP traffic over members of a Port Channel as well as equal-cost paths. 

To designate another method to balance traffic over Port Channel members, use the load-balance 

command.

S4820T

Syntax

load-balance {ip-selection [dest-ip | source-ip]} | {mac [dest-
mac | source-dest-mac | source-mac]} | {tcp-udp | ingress-port 
[enable]}
To return to the default setting (IP 4-tuple), use the no load-balance {ip-
selection [dest-ip | source-ip]} | {mac [dest-mac | source-
dest-mac | source-mac]} | {tcp-udp | ingress-port 
[enable]}command.

Parameters

ip-selection 
{dest-ip | 
source-ip}

Enter the keywords to distribute IP traffic based on the 
following criteria:

• dest-ip — Uses destination IP address and destination 

port fields to hash. The hashing mechanism returns a 3-

bit index indicating which port the packet should be 

forwarded.

• source-ip — Uses source IP address and source port 

fields to hash. The hashing mechanism returns a 3-bit 

index indicating which port the packet should be 

forwarded.

mac {dest-mac 
| source-dest-
mac | source-
mac}

Enter the keywords to distribute MAC traffic based on the 
following criteria:

• dest-mac — Uses the destination MAC address, VLAN, 

Ethertype, source module ID and source port ID fields to 

hash. The hashing mechanism returns a 3-bit index 

indicating which port the packet should be forwarded.

• source-dest-mac — Uses the destination and source 

MAC address, VLAN, Ethertype, source module ID and 

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IPv4 Routing