Configuring Server Load Balancing On A Switch; Enabling And Disabling Server Load Balancing - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Manual

Configuring Server Load Balancing

Configuring Server Load Balancing on a Switch

This section describes how to use Alcatel-Lucent's Command Line Interface (CLI) commands to config-
ure Server Load Balancing (SLB) on a switch.
Note. See "Quick Steps for Configuring Server Load Balancing" on page 19-4
configuring these mandatory parameters.
When configuring SLB parameters for an SLB cluster, you must perform the following steps:
1
Enable Server Load Balancing on Your Switch. To enable Server Load Balancing (SLB) on a
switch, use the ip slb admin-state
Balancing" on page 19-11.
2
Configure the Logical Server Load Balancing Cluster. To configure a logical SLB cluster, use the
ip slb cluster command, which is described in
3
Assign Physical Servers to the Logical Server Load Balancing Cluster. To add physical servers to a
logical SLB cluster, use the
to and Removing Servers from a Cluster" on page
Note. Routing (which is enabled by default) must be enabled on a switch or Server Load Balancing will
not operate.
Alcatel-Lucent's SLB software is preconfigured with the default values shown in the table in
Load Balancing Default Values" on page
farm, you may need to configure more parameters than the mandatory ones described in this section. See
"Modifying Optional Parameters" on page 19-15
SLB parameters.

Enabling and Disabling Server Load Balancing

By default, Server Load Balancing (SLB) is disabled on a switch. The following subsections describe how
to enable and disable SLB on a switch with the
Note. You must enable or disable Server Load Balancing on an entire switch. You cannot enable SLB on a
per port or per slot basis.
Enabling SLB
To enable SLB switch wide, use the
-> ip slb admin-state enable
Disabling SLB
To disable SLB switch wide, use the
-> ip slb admin-state disable
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command, which is described in
"Configuring and Deleting SLB Clusters" on page
ip slb server ip cluster command, which is described in
19-14.
19-3. Depending on the requirements of your network and server
for information on configuring additional
ip slb admin-state
ip slb admin-state
ip slb admin-state
Configuring Server Load Balancing on a Switch
"Enabling and Disabling Server Load
command.
command by entering:
command by entering:
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for a brief tutorial on
19-12.
"Assigning Servers
"Server
page 19-11