09-27-2012 06:18 AM - edited 03-07-2019 09:08 AM
Hi All,
We're encountering the situation that some hosts try to access a service which is loadbalanced by microsofts NLB and unfortunately they can't reach them. The individual servers behind the loadbalancer are all reachable, but not via the loadbalancer address.
I found the following bit of information regarding this behaviour:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/DCI/whitepaper/DCI_1.html#wp1185931
There they discuss a configuration possibility. However, somewhat later they state that the configuration option has not yet been implemented.
I'm wondering whether anybody knows if this option has already been implemented in a software release, and if so how to configure this, or whether there are other possibilities to get this to work.
Thanks in advance.
09-27-2012 07:20 AM
Configuring access to MS NLB is actually quite simple with a few "high-level" steps:
Which hosts can't reach the NLB? Hosts on the same broadcast domain (IP subnet) or hosts from other broadcast domains?
Google for "Microsoft NLB" and "Cisco", there are a couple of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and Cisco configuration guides, explaining the basic steps.
Rgds, MiKa
09-27-2012 07:26 AM
That goes for the 'normal' IOS based switches. However on a Nexus with OTV implemented there's more to it as the OTV blocks this traffic.
According to the article they're busy making an exceptionlist for this arp blocking on the otv link, but as far as I can see this has not yet been implemented.
05-20-2016 12:48 AM
Did you ever managed to solve this?
it seems like i have the same problem as you have.
08-01-2016 02:58 AM
Hi Andrea,
We did manage to fix it, but I can't remember how we did it (some kind of workaround). Since I'm not working there anymore I can't look it up for you.
I'm sorry.
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