Re: Load balancing on AIX system.

From: Raj Atwal (atwalrs_at_YAHOO.COM)
Date: 10/28/03

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    Hi Kiran,

    Question2: Yes, you do need a switch that supports EtherChannel. You will not be able to do it without one.

    Kiran Maraju <kiran@ISAC.ERNET.IN> wrote:
    Hi there,

    Has anyone implemented load balancing on a AIX Host with specifying two
    default gateways of equal cost. though I have'nt managed to locate a
    configuration document as such.

    i want to do balance the load of outgoing packets over more than one
    ethernet cards evenly.

    could u tell me the way to do load balancing on AIX host connected to multi links.

    i have 2 Questions 2 ask u.

    Quest (1):

    one adapter configured with IP ( 192.168.0.20 ) connected to one ISP (192.168.0.1)
    other adapter configured with IP address( 172.168.0.20) connected to different
    ISP{ 172.168.0.1) ,
    such that both adapters configured as a Etherchannel defined should distribute
    packets in equal order / Round Robin way .
    How to configure the above situation? any Idea?

    Quest (2) :

    Though, its possible to configure the above situation with "Etherchannel"
    setting "Mode" as a " round_robin " mode . but, the adapters should be cabled
    with Etherchannel-enabled switch. Is this Etherchannel switch Required? can i
    configure without the switch ? i dont want to put a switch after etherchannel ?
    how to handle this case to get efficient usage of bandwidth ?

    Regards,

    Kiran Maraju

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