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Configuring Load Balancing for Ethernet Pseudowires

You can configure load balancing for IPv4 traffic over Layer 2 Ethernet pseudowires. You can also configure load balancing for Ethernet pseudowires based on IP information. The option to include IP information in the hash key provides support for Ethernet circuit cross-connect (CCC) connections.

Note: This feature is supported only on M120, M320, MX Series, and T Series routers.

To configure load balancing for IPv4 traffic over Layer 2 Ethernet pseudowires, include the ether-pseudowire statement at the [edit forwarding-options hash-key family mpls payload] hierarchy level:

[edit forwarding-options]hash-key {family mpls {(label-1 | no-labels);payload {ether-pseudowire;}}}

Note: You must also configure either the label-1 or the no-labels statement at the [edit forwarding-options hash-key family mpls] hierarchy level.

You can also configure load balancing for Ethernet pseudowires based on IP information. This functionality provides support for load balancing for Ethernet cross-circuit connect (CCC) connections. To include IP information in the hash key, include the ip statement at the [edit forwarding-options hash-key family mpls payload] hierarchy level:

[edit forwarding-options]hash-key {family mpls {(label-1 | no-labels);payload {ip;}}}

Note: You must also configure either the label-1 or no-labels statement at the [edit forwarding-options hash-key family mpls] hierarchy level.

You can configure load balancing for IPv4 traffic over Ethernet pseudowires to include only Layer 3 IP information in the hash key. To include only Layer 3 IP information, include the layer-3-only option at the [edit forwarding-options family mpls hash-key payload ip] hierarchy level:

[edit forwarding-options]hash-key {family mpls {(label-1 | no-labels);payload {ip {layer-3-only;}}}}

Note: You must also configure either the label-1 or no-labels statement at the [edit forwarding-options hash-key family mpls] hierarchy level.

Published: 2012-06-13

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Published: 2012-06-13