[c-nsp] SLB Question

[Arie Vayner (avayner)]

Paul,

I recommend that you look at the ACE module. It's the latest and
greatest HW based SLB solution (a blade on the 6500):
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6906/index.html

If you really need to be able to provide access to the VIP from the same
L2 domain where the real servers are located, I would recommend moving
to dispatched mode.
Just disable "nat server", and configure the VIP as a loopback interface
on the real servers (easily done on any OS). This would allow the
servers to use the VIP as a source, so both remote and local clients
would be able to access the VIP on the SLB instance, but the return
traffic would not require a translation back...

Arie

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Robert Blayzor
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 19:02 PM
To: Paul Stewart
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] SLB Question

Paul Stewart wrote:
> So, what's a good hardware solution (bearing in mind that we can still

> do this in software on the servers)??  Cisco used to make load 
> balancing hardware at one time but I don't think they are involved 
> with that any longer??  Open to hardware suggestions.. preferably 
> something that works transparently as a bridge and can work as a pair 
> of hardware devices for fault tolerance within the hardware?

Cisco still makes some of the CSS line, but not sure that fits the bill.

  I'd actually take a look at the Foundry ServerIrons.  If you want a
good laugh, the Foundry ServerIrons are  more IOS like than Cisco's own
CSS's. ;-)  The ServerIrons are solid and are quite reasonably priced...

vs what's left in the CSS line.  (I believe the CSS 11501's are EoSale).

-Robert


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