Configuring Server Load Balancing On A Switch; Enabling And Disabling Server Load Balancing; Enabling Slb; Disabling Slb - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration 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 (SLB)" on page 34-4
on 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
Balancing" on page 34-23.
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 34-27
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 enable

Disabling SLB

To disable SLB switch wide, use the
-> ip slb admin disable
OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Network Configuration Guide
command, which is described in
"Configuring and Deleting SLB Clusters" on page
ip slb server ip cluster command, which is described in
34-26.
34-3. Depending on the requirements of your network and server
for information on configuring additional
ip slb admin
ip slb admin command by entering:
ip slb admin command by entering:
Configuring Server Load Balancing on a Switch
"Enabling and Disabling Server Load
command.
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for a brief tutorial
34-24.
"Assigning Servers
"Server
page 34-23