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Re: COnfiguration Suggestion - Etherchannel


From: Ben Buxton <bb () cactii net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:07:12 +1000


Robert Blayzor <rblayzor () inoc net> uttered the following thing:

of the links to be used.

Use method 2 especially if you mean this to be a L3 handoff to the
customer.

What Mike states is correct about the layer2 vs layer3 load balancing:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a008007f648.html

Understanding Load Balancing
EtherChannel balances traffic load across the links in a channel by 

On a related note - is it possible to get a 650x switch to perform flow
based etherchannel load balancing, WITHOUT the switch actually routing
(ie performing purely swithcing functions)??

-- 
Ben Buxton - Random Network Person


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