Which load balancing method should be used to accomplish this goal?

An environment consists of a Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switch that uses port channels. An engineer must ensure that frames between the source and the destination follow the same links for a specific flow. Subsequent flows are allowed to use a different link.

Which load balancing method should be used to accomplish this goal?
A . src-id/dst-id
B . src-dst-oui
C . src-dst-port
D . src-id/dst-id/oxid

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Answer: D

Explanation:

Exchange based―The first frame in an exchange picks a link and subsequent frames in the exchange follow the same link. However, subsequent exchanges can use a different link. This provides more granular load balancing while preserving the order of frames for each exchange.

Source:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/5_0/configuration/guides/int/nxos/cli_interfaces/pc.html

Load balancing attributes indicate the use of the source-destination ID (src-dst-id) or the originator exchange OX ID (src-dst-ox-id, the default) for load balancing path selection.

Source:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/6_2/configuration/guides/fabric/nx-os/nx_os_fabric/vsan.html?bookSearch=true

https://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/rel_1_x/1_3/san-os/configuration/guide/PortChnl.pdf