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Load Balancing Metrics for IDS
The following metrics are supported in IDS load balancing:
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minmisses
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roundrobin
Disable delayed binding if you select this metric.
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hash
To select a real server, Web OS allows you to implement the hash metric in two ways:
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server load balancing.
Configuring IDS Server Load Balancing
To configure your switch for IDS, do the following:
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OTE
on the Web switch.
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Configure real servers on the switch that correspond to your IDS servers.
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IDS servers are implemented without an IP address then you should configure a dummy
address for the real server. Also, set the health check of the IDS group to link health check as
shown in
For example, if your IDS servers are connected to port 1 and port 2 on the switch and are not
using IP addresses, you could configure dummy addresses as follows:
>> # /cfg/slb/real 1/rip 1.1.1.1/ena
>> # /cfg/slb/real 2/rip 2.2.2.2/ena
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Chapter 6: Server Load Balancing
Client processing on port
If the port is configured for client processing only, then the switch hashes on the
source IP address.
Filter processing on the port
If a filter is configured on the port, then the switch allows you to hash with source IP
address, destination IP address, or both.
The leastconns, bandwidth, and response metrics are not applicable to IDS
IDS SLB is supported only when RTSP SLB or WAP RADIUS Snooping are disabled
Real servers are configured by providing the IP address of the actual server. If your
Step 5
of this procedure.
(Define a dummy address)
(Define a dummy address)
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