Etherchannel load-balancing

Keywords;

• Hashing Algorithm
• Load-balancing
• Flow

Key takeaways;

• Load-balancing is built into the EtherChannel protocol.
• Uses an Hashing Algorithm to choose (select) which physical link the packet or frame should be sent on.
• Layer 2 load-balancing uses the following configuration;
  • SRC-MAC ⇒ Source MAC address
  • DST-MAC ⇒ Destination MAC address
  • SRC-DST-MAC ⇒ Source and Destination MAC address
• Layer 3 load-balancing uses the following configuration;
  • SRC-IP ⇒ Source IP address
  • DST-IP ⇒ Destination IP address
  • SRC-DST-IP ⇒ Source and Destination IP address