The way the Alteons load balance is by a Virtual IP address. For example
if you have a website called www.mysite.com
with the IP address of 10.1.1.13 you would assign this IP address on the
Alteon as the Virtual IP address of the website www.mysite.com
. Then you would specify the real server IPs and
tie the virtual IP to the real servers IP. For example if you had 2
servers with the IP address of 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.1.11 they would
answer to the Alteon which would translate the IP address to the Virtual
IP address (Which is the outside address of the website). If a client
typed www.mysite .com the Alteon would get the packet and then pass it
on to the real IP of one of the servers. So to answer your question, no
you don't have to change any config on your Alteon because it load
balances at a higher layer than switches operate.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Brandis
Sent: Wed 5/9/2001 8:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
Subject: Load balancing alteon switches [7:3949]
HI gang, In a new company now, a software company !!!!!! Any
way, we are
telehousing a network in Intels racks here in Sydney. Intel have
stated that
they will provide a layer 2-3 switch, which will encompass all
our load
balancing needs for the application servers here. HOWEVER, the
boss has
stressed that he wants to put another switch (crap one) between
the servers
and the switch intel is providing. My question is, will the
load balancing
setup on the alteon switch ( i think it is a 780 by memory) need
to be
configured to pass frames on to the switch we implement or will
it know how
to
pass the frames on to the correct nodes via the mac tables in
both switch's.
Thanks mates
JohnnyB
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