04-21-2020 06:05 AM
If a cisco 9500 switch and WLC 9800-40 have different etherchannel load balance methods, will the mismatch cause errors or performance issues? Etherchannels are configured in PAgP mode:
switch#show etherchannel load-balance
EtherChannel Load-Balancing Configuration:
src-dst-port
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wlc#show etherchannel load-balance
EtherChannel Load-Balancing Configuration:
src-mac
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04-21-2020 06:17 AM
You shouldn't see any errors.
In terms of performance it depends on which is the best method to use ie. it wouldn't matter if you used different ones as long as they are the best methods for each side of the etherchannel.
Jon
04-21-2020 06:17 AM
You shouldn't see any errors.
In terms of performance it depends on which is the best method to use ie. it wouldn't matter if you used different ones as long as they are the best methods for each side of the etherchannel.
Jon
04-21-2020 08:00 AM - edited 04-21-2020 08:01 AM
Generally speaking, having a different load-balancing method on Layer 2 port-channels do not influence the performance or user traffic. However, there are situations where a mismatch can cause problems in the network. An example is when you have a transparent firewall between the two devices configured for port-channel. Here is where is important for traffic to have the same load-balancing mechanism and also a symmetric/asymmetric path (for bidirectional flow), depending on the scenario.
Some switches (like Nexus) have an option at the end of the command to change the behavior:
switch(config)# port-channel load-balance method [asymmetric]
Cheers,
Sergiu
04-21-2020 08:05 AM
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