[c-nsp] Juniper - Cisco Catalyst Fast Ether Channel Load Balancing

a. rahman isnaini r.sutan risnaini at indo.net.id
Mon Jan 28 03:10:25 EST 2008


Yep,

Already there.
Thanks for 2950 & Hjan.

rgs
a.r.i.rangkayo sutan

Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 07:24:25PM +0700, a. rahman isnaini r.sutan  wrote:
>> Both direction, cat 2950.
> 
> To repeat my questions, with a few more words:
> 
> "Which of the directions do you have problems with the load distribution?"
> (it needs to be tuned on the sender side, and we're not the Juniper list,
> so for tuning Juniper->Cisco, please go to j-nsp).
> 
> "How many ports"?
> (load balancing will only work properly on 2-, 4- or 8-port channels)
> 
> 
> Besides this, with a 2950, it's a bit tough, since it will only balance
> based on ethernet MAC addresses.  So if you have only a few machines
> on one side, talking to a single router on the other sides, traffic will
> almost always be imbalanced (because everything a single machine sends
> to the router will use only use ONE link of the channel).
> 
> The direction Juniper->2950 might have different constraints.
> 
> gert
> 

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