Methods and apparatus for load balanced link aggregation

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause at least one programmable circuit in a device to at least:

• assign a first portion of a plurality of packets from a flow to a first output port of a link aggregation group (LAG) and a second portion of the plurality of packets of the flow to a second output port of the LAG, the assigning of the second portion of the plurality of packets to the second output port based on oversubscription of the first port of the LAG;
• and
• cause transmission of the plurality of packets across the first output port and the second output port in an order that maintains a relative position of the plurality of packets from the flow.

19-32. (canceled)

An apparatus comprising:

• means for load balancing to assign a first portion of a plurality of packets from a flow to a first output port of a link aggregation group (LAG) and a second portion of the plurality of packets of the flow to a second output port of the LAG, the assigning of the second portion of the plurality of packets to the second output port based on oversubscription of the first port of the LAG;
• and
• means for transmitting the packets across the first output port and second output port in an order that maintains a relative position of the plurality of packets from the flow.

35-48. (canceled)