Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Network Guide

Configuring Server Load Balancing on a Switch

Configuring Server Load Balancing

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OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide

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 

 for a brief tutorial 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 

 command, which is described in 

2 Configure the Logical Server Load Balancing Cluster. To configure a logical SLB cluster, use the 

 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 

 command, which is described in 

.

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 

. Depending on the requirements of your network and server farm, 

you may need to configure more parameters than the mandatory ones described in this section. See 

 for information on configuring additional 

SLB parameters.

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 

 command.

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.

To enable SLB switch wide, use the 

 command by entering:

-> ip slb admin enable

To disable SLB switch wide, use the 

 command by entering:

-> ip slb admin disable