Article View: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Article #1718Re: Load Balancing
From: Robert Eden
Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 11:19
Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 11:19
17 lines
1338 bytes
1338 bytes
HANK@VM.BIU.AC.IL (Hank Nussbacher) writes:
> If you are routing
> DECNET via Phase IV you will not be using one line at all and it will
> be more or less a hot standby. If the cost is the same on both lines
> the DECNET routing protocol will still only use one line. Phase V will
> load balance between the two lines.
PHASE IV+ shipped with VMS 5.0 and some of the new routers support
equal cost balancing. It is off by default and must be turned on with the
PATH_SPLIT exec parameter. I'm not sure if the CISCO DECNET implementation
supports this.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert Eden 817-897-0491 EDEN@fallout.uucp
Commanche Peak Steam Electric Station Glen Rose, TX
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ politicese for a nuke plant
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<5964@fallout.uucp>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!mic!montagar!fallout!edenReferences:
<35406@boulder.Colorado.EDU>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!mic!montagar!fallout!eden From: eden@fallout.uucp (Robert Eden) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: Re: Load Balancing Message-ID: <5964@fallout.uucp> Date: 30 May 91 11:19:33 GMT References: <35406@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Organization: DECUS DFWLug BBS - Dallas, TX Lines: 17