rserver initiating connection egressing ACE

[Thompso7540_2]

How does the ACE handle an rserver initiating a connection to the outside, in L3 routed mode?The default gateway for the server is the ace server-side svi.

Say i go to google.com on an rserver - does the ace just just become a router and allow the connections through, without any load balancing or matching of a class-map?

[Syed Iftekhar Ahmed]

Your understanding is correct

If ACE is confgiured in routing mode ace just  become a router and allow the connections through, without any load balancing or matching of a class-map.

There are two conditions

1. ACLs should be configured on ACE to allow the through traffic.

2. There is no SLB policy applied on Server side interface

Also  valid routes for realserver vlans should exist on upstream L3 devices to ensure that the return traffic can reach real servers.

Thanks

Syed iftekhar Ahmed

[Syed Iftekhar Ahmed · Accepted solution]

Your understanding is correct

If ACE is confgiured in routing mode ace just  become a router and allow the connections through, without any load balancing or matching of a class-map.

There are two conditions

1. ACLs should be configured on ACE to allow the through traffic.

2. There is no SLB policy applied on Server side interface

Also  valid routes for realserver vlans should exist on upstream L3 devices to ensure that the return traffic can reach real servers.

Thanks

Syed iftekhar Ahmed

[Thompso7540_2]

hey Syed

we have a nat policy to nat the rserver and also a load balancing service policy - if the traffic initiated by the rserver doesn't match any class-maps in the service-policy will it just be dropped? Or would it hit the class-default?

Thanks,

Bryan

[Syed Iftekhar Ahmed]

If  server inititated traffic doesnt match any VIP in the Service policy then it will pass through.

It wont be dropped.

Thanks

Syed Iftekhar Ahmed