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I have read through the documentation on
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk38...4.shtml#matrix
but am left with some questions regarding our situation and the best
approach. We have a VMware ESX server using two bonded GigE ports on a
3750, so there are multiple IPs on the etherchannel. In a routed
network where all source packets (from clients) will be coming in from
a single ip (the routers interface) which type of load-balancing would
be best, I would think dest-ip since that would be the only one that
would be different but I am not sure. Also does anyone know whether
the algorithm for LACP is better/worse than the one for standard
etherchannel?
TIA,
Steve

Hi,

I would guess load-balancing based on source/destination ip AND
source/destination port would suit you best for such a setup.
Don't know if LACP is better tha pagp or the other way around.

Erik

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>I have read through the documentation on
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk38...4.shtml#matrix
> but am left with some questions regarding our situation and the best
> approach. We have a VMware ESX server using two bonded GigE ports on a
> 3750, so there are multiple IPs on the etherchannel. In a routed
> network where all source packets (from clients) will be coming in from
> a single ip (the routers interface) which type of load-balancing would
> be best, I would think dest-ip since that would be the only one that
> would be different but I am not sure. Also does anyone know whether
> the algorithm for LACP is better/worse than the one for standard
> etherchannel?
> TIA,
> Steve
>

> In a routed
> network where all source packets (from clients) will be coming in from
> a single ip (the routers interface)

"coming in from a single ip" is not a consequence of routing.

Coming in from a single mac address is.

Maybe you are of course doing NAT.

Do you mean single MAC address?