Setting the Manual Load Balancing Mode
Context
Link aggregation can work in manual load balancing mode and LACP mode.
In manual load balancing mode, you must manually create an Eth-Trunk and add member interfaces to the Eth-Trunk. All active links forward data and evenly load balance traffic. The manual load balancing mode is used when the peer device does not support LACP.
If an Eth-Trunk interface has member interfaces, you can switch the Eth-Trunk interface's working mode between manual mode and LACP mode. However, if the Eth-Trunk interface is added to an E-Trunk, you cannot change its working mode.
To delete existing member interfaces, run the undo eth-trunk command in the interface view or the undo trunkport interface-type interface-number command in the Eth-Trunk interface view.
Procedure
- Run:
system-view
The system view is displayed.
- Run:
interface eth-trunk trunk-id
The Eth-Trunk interface view is displayed.
- Run:
mode manual load-balance
The Eth-Trunk is configured to work in manual mode.
By default, an Eth-Trunk works in manual mode.
Before configuring an Eth-Trunk, ensure that both ends use the same Eth-Trunk mode. If the local end works in manual load balancing mode, the remote end must use the manual mode.