Adaptive Routing

The nv unset commands remove the configuration you set with the equivalent nv set commands. This guide only describes an nv unset command if it differs from the nv set command.


nv set interface <interface-id> router adaptive-routing enable

Turns adaptive routing on the specified interface on or off. The default setting is off.

Adaptive routing is a load balancing feature that improves network utilization for eligible IP packets by selecting forwarding paths dynamically based on the state of the switch, such as queue occupancy and port utilization.

  • Adaptive routing does not make use of resilient hashing.
  • Cumulus Linux does not support adaptive routing on layer 3 subinterfaces, SVIs, bonds or bond members.

  • In cumulus Linux 5.12 and earlier, NVUE restarts switchd when applying the setting.
  • In Cumulus Linux 5.13 and later, NVUE reloads switchd when applying the setting.

Command Syntax

Syntax Description
interface-id The interface you want to configure.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.1.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set interface swp1 router adaptive-routing enable on

nv set router adaptive-routing enable

Turns adaptive routing on or off globally. The default setting is off.

Adaptive routing is a load balancing feature that improves network utilization for eligible IP packets by selecting forwarding paths dynamically based on the state of the switch, such as queue occupancy and port utilization.

  • In cumulus Linux 5.12 and earlier, NVUE restarts switchd when applying the setting.
  • In Cumulus Linux 5.13 and later, NVUE reloads switchd when applying the setting.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.1.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set router adaptive-routing enable on

Turns on link utilization. The default setting is off. When link utilization is on, the default link utilization threshold percentage for an adaptive routing interface is 70. If you enable the adaptive routing custom-profile, you can change the percentage to a value between 1 and 100.

Link utilization is off by default; you must enable the global link utilization setting to use the link utilization thresholds set on adaptive routing interfaces. You cannot enable or disable link utilization per interface.

  • You can enable link utilization only when you enable the adaptive routing custom-profile.
  • When you enable or disable link utilization, NVUE reloads switchd.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.6.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set router adaptive-routing link-utilization-threshold on