Can a layer 2 port channel load balance hash mode use src-dst-port ?

[luverofpeanuts]

I have two servers connected to a pair of Nexus 7K (peers).  Each server is connected to a 4 port LACP port channel (vPC, I think).   The switch and all modules are using the default load balance hash mode.... i.e..

show port-channel load-balance

Non-IP: src-dst mac

IP: src-dst ip rotate 0

Each of my servers (on the same tcp subnet), when using multiple tcp connections and ports, can utilize all 4 ports sending flows.  However, the receiver of these flows is only receiving on two of the 4 ports.  Would switching the port channel load balance mode to src-dst-port allow the sending and receiving tcp port numbers to included in the hash, and thus have the switch send flows to my receiver on all 4 links?

It seems like it would, but I've been led to believe that since the traffic is all layer 2, it will not.  I'm not sure if I should believe that.  

Thanks for your thoughts. 

[dbeattie · Accepted solution]

Yes, a L2 port-channel can use L3/L4 fields as part of the load balancing algorithm for IP traffic.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Dave

[luverofpeanuts]

Thank you!   It would be nice if there was Cisco documentation I could point to that made it clear.