10-10-2012 03:53 AM - edited 03-07-2019 09:22 AM
Hi,
Currently I configure two catalyst 4506E as the Core OSPF router.
I know ospf will do per default equal load-Balancing. Also I know this load-balancing depends on the switching mode. In our case this is CEF and should be done per-Destination. I think it's possible to change e load-balancing to per-packet !!
Because normally if the load-balancing done with per-destination it is possible the links are not really utilized?! So I will change it to per-packet load balancing.
How can this changed on the catalyt 4506E switch ?
Thanks
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10-10-2012 04:37 AM
Hello Udo,
in CEF the IP flow is defined by IP source address and IP destination address.
a boolean EXOR of last meaninglful bits of IP SA and IP DA and an hash seed that changes only at reload is used to assign flows to equal cost links.
IF traffic is made of multiple distinct IP flows load sharing works well with load spread on the equal cost parallel links.
As noted by Alain load balancing per packet is not recommended because it can cause out of order issues.
I even wonder if the command is available on a multilayer switch like yours
Hope to help
Giuseppe
10-10-2012 04:39 AM
Hi Giuseppe,
indeed it seems it is not supported as far as my search has resulted.
Regards.
Alain
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10-10-2012 04:02 AM
Hi,
this is highly discouraged to do per-packet load-sharing especially if you are using udp based applications or have a firewall
in the path because firewalls don't like assymetric routing too much. But anyway the command is under the interface:
ip load-sharing per-packet
Regards.
Alain
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10-10-2012 04:37 AM
Hello Udo,
in CEF the IP flow is defined by IP source address and IP destination address.
a boolean EXOR of last meaninglful bits of IP SA and IP DA and an hash seed that changes only at reload is used to assign flows to equal cost links.
IF traffic is made of multiple distinct IP flows load sharing works well with load spread on the equal cost parallel links.
As noted by Alain load balancing per packet is not recommended because it can cause out of order issues.
I even wonder if the command is available on a multilayer switch like yours
Hope to help
Giuseppe
10-10-2012 04:39 AM
Hi Giuseppe,
indeed it seems it is not supported as far as my search has resulted.
Regards.
Alain
Don't forget to rate helpful posts.
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