Can someone help clarify?
I am confused about the solution presented in the DSG for this task.
For this scenario where we have a switch [Cat4] connected to a router [R9],
DSG uses src-dst-ip based load-balancing.
Since we are configuring load-balancing in the Cat4, I would expect to be
src-ip based load-balancing due to the following:
Typically we have switch [Cat4] aggregating traffic from many stations. If an
EtherChannel from Cat4 communicates with R9 and since a router is a
single-MAC-address device, source-based forwarding on the Cat4 EtherChannel
ensures that the switch uses all available bandwidth to the router. The
router should be configured for destination-based forwarding because the large
number of workstations ensures that the traffic is evenly distributed from the
router EtherChannel.
And my understanding was thatsrc-dst-ip load-balancing should be applied when
is not clear whether src-ip or dst-ip based forwarding is better suited for a
particular switch.
Thanks
Bauke
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