07-05-2007 07:20 AM
Hi CSS experts,
We have a Cisco Content Services Switch 11503 Load Balancer which seems to require Real Server NICs to be plugged in. When I plug a cable from our Cisco 3560 switch into the Cisco Load Balancer, it can't see the 2 web server IP's that I'm trying to load balance for HTTP/HTTPS. The virtual IP does not display the webpage of either web servers.
On the otherhand, when I use two physically separate 1U web servers and physically plug 2 cables (1 for each server) into the CSS 8 port switch, the virtual IP is able to redirect the traffic to both web servers.
How do I configure the CSS to load balance and actually see 2 IP's on the network which isn't plugged in physically per server into the CSS 8 port switch.
Internet->CSS->1 cable plugged into Cisco switch which host 2 web servers.
Thanks,
Mike
Configuration:
circuit VLAN1
ip address 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0
service Websrv1
ip address 192.168.1.104
protocol tcp
port 80
keepalive type http non-persistent
active
service Websrv1SSL
ip address 192.168.1.104
protocol tcp
port 443
keepalive type ssl
active
service Websrv2
ip address 192.168.1.101
protocol tcp
port 80
keepalive type http non-persistent
active
service Websrv2SSL
ip address 192.168.1.101
protocol tcp
port 443
keepalive type ssl
active
owner Web
content NG
add service Websrv1
add service Websrv2
vip address 192.168.1.7
port 80
protocol tcp
advanced-balance arrowpoint-cookie
url "/*"
active
content NGSSL
add service Websrv1SSL
add service Websrv2SSL
vip address 192.168.1.7
port 443
protocol tcp
advanced-balance sticky-srcip
sticky-inact-timeout 60
active
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07-09-2007 11:56 PM
The CSS does not care if the servers are locally attached or not.
But it needs to be able to communicate with them.
So make sure you can ping the servers.
Check arp table.
See if the servers show up in the 'sho service-summary'.
If all look good, make sure the server response to the client goes back through the CSS and is not routed by another device. The CSS is stateful so it requires to see all traffic.
Gilles.
07-11-2007 06:06 AM
Hi
Does the server have a direct route to the client i.e. not via the CSS. If so try making the CSS the default gateway for the server.
The CSS will need a route to the client network.
Cheers
Rich
07-05-2007 07:20 AM
I checked the connectivity to the servers form the CSS and it was good. I was able to ping, and the connection status in sh service summary incremented by 1 each time I tried to connect. From the server, I was able to ping back to the IP of the CSS and the VIP address as well. I have tried using only 1 server for 1 VIP. I have tried changing the default gateway on the server to the IP of the CSS and the VIP IP as well. It still doesn't seem to help. Anymore suggestions for me to try?
Thanks
Mike
07-10-2007 11:18 PM
hi,
Please check whether both the servers are into same vlan ports.
Mat
07-11-2007 06:33 AM
Hi,
All of the traffic on the switch are on vlan1.
Thanks
Mike
07-11-2007 03:01 AM
Mike,
a sniffer trace would be useful.
Try to sniff frontend and backend of CSS to see the client traffic and server traffic at the same time.
You can also configure client nat on the css to see if it helps - that would guarantee this is not a routing issue.
Also, if you have configured acl, try 'acl disable' to see if it makes any difference.
Gilles.
07-11-2007 06:06 AM
Hi
Does the server have a direct route to the client i.e. not via the CSS. If so try making the CSS the default gateway for the server.
The CSS will need a route to the client network.
Cheers
Rich
07-11-2007 10:38 AM
Thanks, that idea reminded me of the static route I had to add on the web server to properly route back to CSS of my test machine on the same network.
07-09-2007 11:56 PM
The CSS does not care if the servers are locally attached or not.
But it needs to be able to communicate with them.
So make sure you can ping the servers.
Check arp table.
See if the servers show up in the 'sho service-summary'.
If all look good, make sure the server response to the client goes back through the CSS and is not routed by another device. The CSS is stateful so it requires to see all traffic.
Gilles.
07-11-2007 10:39 AM
Thanks for answering my original question gdufour. That helped alot.
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