Setup Guide

Conguring the Hash Algorithm Seed
Deterministic ECMP sorts ECMPs in order even though RTM provides them in a random order. However, the hash algorithm uses as a seed
the lower 12 bits of the chassis MAC, which yields a dierent hash result for every chassis.
This behavior means that for a given ow, even though the prexes are sorted, two unrelated chassis can select dierent hops.
Dell EMC Networking OS provides a command line interface (CLI)-based solution for modifying the hash seed to ensure that on each
congured system, the ECMP selection is same. When congured, the same seed is set for ECMP, LAG, and NH, and is used for incoming
trac only.
NOTE: While the seed is stored separately on each port-pipe, the same seed is used across all CAMs.
NOTE: You cannot separate LAG and ECMP, but you can use dierent algorithms across the chassis with the same seed. If LAG
member ports span multiple port-pipes and line cards, set the seed to the same value on each port-pipe to achieve deterministic
behavior.
NOTE: If you remove the hash algorithm conguration, the hash seed does not return to the original factory default setting.
To congure the hash algorithm seed, use the following command.
• Specify the hash algorithm seed.
CONFIGURATION mode.
hash-algorithm seed value [stack—unit stack—unit-number] [port-set number]
The range is from 0 to 4095.
Link Bundle Monitoring
Link bundle monitoring allows the system to monitor the use of multiple links for an uneven distribution.
Monitoring linked ECMP bundles allows trac distribution amounts in a link to be monitored for unfair distribution at any given time. A
global default threshold of 60% is Link bundle monitoring allows the system to monitor the use of multiple links for an uneven distribution. .
Links are monitored in 15-second intervals for three consecutive instances. Any deviation within that time causes a syslog to be sent and an
alarm event generate. When the deviation clears, another syslog is sent and a clear alarm event generates. For example, link bundle
monitoring percent threshold: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-BUNDLE_UNEVEN_DISTRIBUTION: Found uneven
distribution in LAG bundle 11.
Link bundle utilization is calculated as the total bandwidth of all links divided by the total bytes-per-second of all links. Within each ECMP
group, you can specify interfaces. If you enable monitoring for the ECMP group, utilization calculation performs when the utilization of the
link-bundle (not a link within a bundle) exceeds 60%.
Enable link bundle monitoring using the ecmp-group command.
NOTE
: An ecmp-group index is generated automatically for each unique ecmp-group when you congure multipath routes to the
same network. The system can generate a maximum of 512 unique ecmp-groups. The ecmp-group indexes are generated in even
numbers (0, 2, 4, 6... 1022) and are for information only.
For link bundle monitoring with ECMP, to enable the link bundle monitoring feature, use the ecmp-group command. In the following
example, the ecmp-group with id 2, enabled for link bundle monitoring is user congured. This is dierent from the ecmp-group index 2 that
is created by conguring routes and is automatically generated.
These two ecmp-groups are not related in any way.
Example of Viewing Link Bundle Monitoring
DellEMC# show link-bundle-distribution ecmp-group 1
Link-bundle trigger threshold - 60
ECMP bundle - 1 Utilization[In Percent] - 44 Alarm State - Active
Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)
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