On Wed, 17 May 2006 20:27:49 -0400, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If not, how >> would you go about load balancing a couple of OSAs without running any >> routing protocols under VM? > >Incoming traffic can be balanced using equal-cost routing in the network >devices. Outbound load balancing requires a routing daemon, but you >could define a null interface and distribute routes only to the null >interface and the local stack, which would let you use VIPA but not >impact the network at large by sending routing updates. > Took me a sec to catch your meaning here, but I finally twigged. I'll ju st settle for the incoming balancing for now as we really don't want to run any routing under VM. But, if push come to shove, I do like your idea of at least keeping the routing WITHIN VM. Pretty nifty. Leland