3750X Port-Channel Load-Blanace method

DJX995 · ‎12-12-2014

I have a 3750X and I'm wondering what would be the best Port-Channel Load-Balancing method would be for my network.

switch(config)#port load ?
dst-ip       Dst IP Addr
dst-mac      Dst Mac Addr
src-dst-ip   Src XOR Dst IP Addr
src-dst-mac Src XOR Dst Mac Addr
src-ip       Src IP Addr
src-mac      Src Mac Addr

We have a few Layer 3 VLANs: Default, Servers, Clients, and Guests.

Some of our servers are LACP bundled.

So it would be mainly clients on the one layer 3 VLAN accessing the server on the other layer 3 VLAN.

We also have a few smaller switches that are trunked and LACP bundled back to the core 3750X.

Can anyone suggest which Load-Balancing method would be best for our situation?

Thanks!

Reza Sharifi · ‎12-12-2014

The default load balancing method on the 3750 series is based on source-MAC address. This usually works fine in most cases. If you change it to something different than this, it will affect all your port-channels in that switch.

HTH