Configuring per-packet or per-flow load sharing

Load sharing can be implemented in one of the following ways:

Per-packet—The device forwards packets over equal-cost routes.
Per-flow—The device forwards flows over equal-cost routes. Packets of one flow travel along the same routes. You can configure the device to identify a flow based on the following criteria: source IP address, destination IP address, source port number, destination port number, IP protocol number, and ingress port.
In a complex network, when the five tuples cannot distinguish flows, you can use the algorithm keyword to specify an algorithm to identify flows.

To configure per-flow or per-packet load sharing:

Step	Command	Remarks
1. Enter system view.	system-view	N/A
2. Configure load sharing.	In standalone mode:ip load-sharing mode { per-flow [ dest-ip \| dest-port \| ip-pro \| src-ip \| src-port ] \| per-packet } global In IRF mode :ip load-sharing mode { per-flow [ dest-ip \| dest-port \| ip-pro \| src-ip \| src-port ] \| per-packet } { global \| slot slot-number }	By default, the device identifies a flow based on the source and destination IP addresses.

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