TOI Author :: Sebastiano Borgione

The Dynamic Load Balancing (DLB) feature is currently supported in the DCS-7060 Arista switches in order to provide an alternative to the hash-based ECMP load balancing, which selects the next hop for routed packets using a static hash algorithm. DLB considers the state and quality of the port while assigning egress ports to packets, resulting in a more even flow. The state of each port member is determined by measuring the amount of data transmitted from a given port and the total number of packets enqueued to a given port.