| Description | This article describes the configuration changes to be performed if the FortiSwitch is not load-balancing the outgoing traffic via the LACP links. |
| Scope | FortiSwitch versions 7.4.x and above. |
| Solution |
Consider a setup where FortiSwitch is connected to a 3rd party switch using ports 9 and 10 in LACP: For example, trunk configuration:
FortiSwitch# show switch trunk edit "MCLAG-1" set mode lacp-active set members "port9" "port10" end
The linerate below shows that received traffic is load-balanced on ports 9 and 10 at 279 and 251 Mbps, respectively. However, the transmit traffic from the FortiSwitch is sent mostly on port 9, at 203 Mbps, while port 10 is underutilised.
port9 | 203Mbps | 279 Mbps port10 | 0.5Mbps | 251 Mbps
The trunk load balance hash algorithm occurs in Hardware. Try the configuration below on the FortiSwitch to modify the hashing algorithm:
config switch global
config system settings |
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