Active/Active PIX Loadbalancing

[cscott]

I posted a message on the Ask The Experts - PIX Firewall topic asking if it was possible to do active/active failover with two PIXen and also have loadbalancing, without having to use a content service switch. The reply back was "yes" but did not elaborate.

I'd be very interested to find the documentation that discusses how to do this on the PIX.

Here is a link to that specific thread:

http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Dpass_through%26location%3Doutline%40%5E1%40%40.eeaa60e/85#selected_message

[scoclayton]

Honestly, I have no idea what Cihan was referring to when he said you could currently do this. PIX 7.0 is slated to have a limited method for doing active/active failover but at the current time, there is no ability to have an active/active setup without using a CSS. You may want to drop Cihan a line (his e-mail address is posted all over the Ask the Expert thread) and get a better answer from him. Sorry!

Scott