[f-nsp] Link Aggregation on ICX 6450

[Niels Bakker]

* drew.weaver at thenap.com (Drew Weaver) [Mon 25 Mar 2013, 16:01 CET]:
>I setup a 2 port link-aggregation between an ICX 6450 and a Dell 
>PowerEdge R620 running Linux.
>I configured both sides to use lacp.
>Is there something I need to do to get load balancing? It seems like 
>by default it is using port 1/1/40 for incoming traffic and port 
>1/1/41 for outbound traffic.
>I would like there to be load sharing on the ports. Is this 
>something configurable on the ICX, on the server, or perhaps both?

What type of traffic are you sending?  It needs to have enough entropy 
(src/st MAC, IP address, TCP/UDP port) to balance across individual 
links, as implementations should try to keep conversations on the same 
link.  So you'll need to test with more than just one FTP stream.


	-- Niels.

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