[j-nsp] load balancing 'per flow'

Daniel Roesen dr at cluenet.de
Fri Jul 30 07:10:34 EDT 2004


On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 01:39:36PM +0300, Saku Ytti wrote:
> On (2004-07-30 15:49 +0530), Bosco Sachanandani wrote:
>  
> > I understand that Internet Processor II only supports load balancing
> > per flow and not per packet (as CEF does).
> 
> If I remember correctly even per packet is available by forwarding-table
> export policy,

Nope, it's called "load-balance per-packet", but it _IS_ per flow.

As far as I can see, Juniper meant this to be "balancing decision is
done per packet, not per route". The hashing used still enforces flows
to take the same egress.


Best regards,
Daniel


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