Alteon Application Switch Operating System Application Guide
WAN Link Load Balancing
638 Document ID: RDWR-ALOS-V2900_AG1302
Configuration Summary
Table 55 summarizes the steps for configuring WAN link load balancing:
Note: For details about any of the menu commands described in the following examples, refer to
the Alteon Application Switch Operating System Command Reference.
Table 55: Configuration Summary
Configuring Outbound Traffic Configuring Inbound Traffic
1. Configure the basic parameters.This includes
configuring VLAN, IP interfaces, and defining
gateways per VLAN.
1. Configure the basic parameters.This includes
configuring VLAN, IP interfaces, and defining
gateways per VLAN.
2. Configure the load balancing parameters for
the ISP WAN links.
a. Configure the ISP routers as real
servers.
b. Add it to a group.
c. Define the metric and health.
d. Enable SLB.
2. Configure the load balancing parameters for
the ISP WAN links.
a. Configure the ISP routers as real
servers.
b. Optionally assign weight to real servers.
c. Add it to a group.
d. Define the metric and health.
e. Enable SLB.
3. Configure the WAN link ports.
a. Configure a proxy IP address.
3. Configure the WAN link ports.
a. Enable client processing.
b. Enable transparent load balancing.
c. Enable DAM.
4. Configure the outbound client ports.
a. Configure the redirection filter and
enable it for link load balancing.
b. Apply the filter to the client ports.
4. Configure the inbound server ports.
a. Create a group with the real servers.
b. Enable server processing.
c. Enable link load balancing.
d. Enable filter processing.
A real server is configured for every SLB
group.
5. Configure virtual server IP addresses and
services for each ISP. For each ISP link,
configure a virtual server IP address per
domain.
6. Configure Alteon to behave like a Domain
Name Server. This involves defining the domain
record name and mapping the virtual server and
real server addresses (ISP router) for each WAN
link.
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