Sangeeta Misra wrote:
> On 04/01/09 21:32, Kacheong Poon wrote:
>> Sangeeta Misra wrote:
>>
>>> One would need to configure the VIP on LB on the interface facing the
>>> clients for clients to sent requests to that address ( for NAT and
>>> DSR) - this is the VIP value in the ilabmd create-rule subcommand
>>
>>
>> This is not needed as long as the up stream router knows that
>> to send to the VIP, the ILB machine is the next hop.
>>
>>
>>
> But VIP is mandatory argument for ilbadm create-rule. So I am not sure
> waht you mean.
That a rule needs a VIP does not mean that the VIP (address)
needs to be configured (use ifconfig to add it) in the ILB
machine. This is not necessary. When the ILB machine gets
a packet destined to a VIP, it will forward it to a back
end server. This is just like a router forwarding packets.
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K. Poon.
kacheong.poon at sun.com
