HP VPN Firewall Appliances High Availability Configuration Guide
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Configuring load sharing criteria for link aggregation groups ······································································ 160
Displaying and maintaining Ethernet link aggregation ··················································································· 161
Ethernet link aggregation configuration examples ·························································································· 162
Configuring interface backup ································································································································ 173
Feature and hardware compatibility ·························································································································· 173
Overview ······································································································································································· 173
Active and standby interfaces ···························································································································· 174
How interface backup works ····························································································································· 174
Interface backup configuration task list ····················································································································· 175
Configuring interface backup ····································································································································· 175
Configuring active/standby mode ···················································································································· 175
Associating an interface with a track entry ······································································································ 176
Configuring load balancing········································································································································ 177
Displaying and maintaining interface backup ·········································································································· 177
Interface backup configuration examples ················································································································· 178
Multi-interface backup configuration example ································································································· 178
Multi-interface load balancing configuration example ··················································································· 179
Configuring load balancing ··································································································································· 182
Feature and hardware compatibility ·························································································································· 182
Overview ······································································································································································· 182
Working mechanism of server load balancing ········································································································ 183
NAT-mode server load balancing ····················································································································· 183
DR-mode server load balancing ························································································································ 185
Working mechanism of firewall load balancing ······································································································ 186
Working mechanism of link load balancing ············································································································· 188
Outbound link load balancing ··························································································································· 188
Inbound link load balancing ······························································································································ 189
Configuring server/firewall load balancing ············································································································· 190
configuration considerations ······························································································································ 190
Recommended configuration procedure ··········································································································· 191
Configuring public parameters ·························································································································· 192
Configuring a health monitoring method ·········································································································· 192
Creating a real service group ···························································································································· 195
Creating a real service ······································································································································· 200
Stopping service or enabling slow-offline ········································································································· 201
Creating a virtual service for server load balancing ······················································································· 202
Displaying server load balancing statistics ······································································································· 205
Configuring link load balancing ································································································································ 206
Configuration considerations ····························································································································· 206
Recommended configuration procedure ··········································································································· 208
Configuring public parameters ·························································································································· 209
Configuring a health monitoring method ·········································································································· 210
Creating a physical link ······································································································································ 212
Configuring the best performing link function ·································································································· 214
Creating a logical link group ····························································································································· 217
Creating a logical link ········································································································································ 219
Stopping service or enabling slow-offline ········································································································· 220
Stopping scheduling for a logical link ·············································································································· 221
Creating a virtual service ··································································································································· 222
Displaying link load balancing statistics ··········································································································· 225
Configuring DNS redirection and DNS TTL ····································································································· 226
Configuring a DNS entry ···································································································································· 227
Load balancing configuration examples ··················································································································· 228