Global Settings - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - VIRTUAL SERVER ADMINISTRATION Manual

Chapter 4. Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool

4.4. GLOBAL SETTINGS

The GLOBAL SETTINGS panel is where the you define the networking details for the primary LVS
router's public and private network interfaces.
Figure 4.3. The GLOBAL SETTINGS Panel
The top half of this panel sets up the primary LVS router's public and private network interfaces. These
are the interfaces already configured in
NAT".
Primary server public IP
In this field, enter the publicly routable real IP address for the primary LVS node.
Primary server private IP
Enter the real IP address for an alternative network interface on the primary LVS node. This
address is used solely as an alternative heartbeat channel for the backup router and does not
have to correlate to the real private IP address assigned in
Interfaces for LVS with
alternate heartbeat channel for the backup LVS router to use and therefore will create a single
point of failure.
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Section 3.1.1, "Configuring Network Interfaces for LVS with
NAT". You may leave this field blank, but doing so will mean there is no
Section 3.1.1, "Configuring Network