HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator 2.1.7 Deployment Guide (407118 - 003, June 2006)

48 5 - CONFIGURING CONNECTION FORWARDING
Configuring
Connection
Forwarding
Using
the
Management
Console
The following section describes the basic steps for enabling and configuring server-
side connection forwarding using the Management Console.
The following figure illustrates a network deployment in which the packets from the
client to the server go through HP EFS WAN Accelerator-2 while packets from the
server to the client go through HP EFS WAN Accelerator-3. From HP EFS WAN
Accelerator-3 the packets are sent to HP EFS WAN Accelerator-2, through the virtual
path.
Figure 5-3. Connection Forwarding in an Asymmetric Server-Side Network
IMPORTANT: When you define a neighbor, you must specify the HP EFS WAN Accelerator
in-path IP address, not the primary IP address.
Basic Steps
(Symmetric
Side)
Perform the following step on each of the HP EFS WAN Accelerators on the
symmetric side of the network. On a symmetric side of a network, you do not need to
configure connection forwarding. In Figure 5-3 on page 48, the symmetric side of the
network is the client-side.
• Configure the asymmetric side HP EFS WAN Accelerator as an in-path device.
For detailed information, see the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN
Accelerator Installation and Configuration Guide.
Basic Steps
(Asymmetric
Side)
Perform the following steps on each of the asymmetric side HP EFS WAN
Accelerators. In Figure 5-3 on page 48, the asymmetric side of the network is the
server-side.