CLI Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1506
5 Destination IP address and destination TCP/UDP port number.
6 Source and destination IP address and source and destination TCP/UDP
port number.
• Inner—Use the inner IP header for tunneled packets.
• Outer—Use the outer IP header for tunneled packets.
Default Configuration
The default load-sharing mode is 6 using the outer IP header.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The choice of hashing mode should be based on the particular traffic type.
Use the show interfaces utilization command to examine the traffic load and
buffering.
Command History
Command introduced in version 6.6 firmware.
Example
In the following example, the load sharing mode is configured to use the
destination IP addresses. This might be appropriate for distributing traffic
destined to be a set of servers with different IP addresses but deploying
identical services as determined by the destination port number.
console(config)# ip load-sharing 2
ip netdirbcast
Use the ip netdirbcast command in Interface Configuration mode to enable
the forwarding of network-directed broadcasts. When enabled, network
directed broadcasts are forwarded. When disabled they are dropped. Use the
no form of the command to disable the broadcasts.