ZyXEL Communications XGS4600 Series - Chapter 45 NLB; Nlb; NLB Overview; What You Can Do

Chapter 45 NLB
XGS4600 Series User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 45
NLB
45.1 NLB Overview
The Switch supports NLB (Network Load Balancing) traffic distribution. The Switch will copy and forward
the incoming traffic to a cluster. Each server in a cluster tackles a separate copy of traffic.
Figure 343 NLB Traffic Distribution
The Switch only supports up to two clusters for NLB traffic distribution.
Note: NLB settings are configured on the servers.
See Section 45.1.2 on page 429 for more information about NLB.
45.1.1 What You Can Do
• Use the MAC Forwarding screen (Section 45.2 on page 429) to configure to which MAC addresses
and ports the Switch should forward the incoming NLB traffic.
• Use the IP Configuration screen (Section 45.3 on page 431) to map the IP address to the MAC address
of a cluster for layer-3 forwarding.