ACE - server accessing itself or other servers on public addresses

[rathinilesh]

Hi All,

On the ACE, is there a way for a server to hit itself or other server within the same vlan on their public addresses?

Any help on this issue would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Nilesh

[sivaksiv]

Hi Nilesh,

Yes. ACE is going to act as a proxy here. In this case make sure you src nat the ip on ACE so the connection gets spliced.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2706/products_configuration_example09186a00809c6ef5.shtml

Regards,
Siva

[rathinilesh]

Hello Siva,

Thank you for your reply. We already have a setup in place where both(servers and clients) can hit the same VIP using SNAT.

We have about a 100 servers in the same vlan behind an ACE context with a NAT each. Each server should be able to access itself and the other 99 servers on their public ip. Does that mean that I will have to configure a 100 serverfarms with a rserver per serverfarm?

Regards,

Nilesh

[sivaksiv]

Hi Nilesh,

You could have a VIP for all real servers in a serverfarm and then make the servers to access to access the VIP. With this along with the SNAT the server to server should be able to access each other.

Regards,

Siva