Configure NLB Support

Use Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) to share the workload among multiple clustering servers. For more information about software scaling capabilities, see VSP 8600 Release Notes.

Before you begin

Ensure that the VLAN exists and has an associated IP address.

About this task

Use the following procedure to configure NLB support on an IP interface to enable or disable NLB support. The default value is NLB support disabled.

Note

Note

  • SPBM supports Network Load Balancing (NLB) Unicast and Multicast modes.

  • Static multicast ARP entries are not supported for NLB Unicast or NLB Multicast.

  • Multicast MAC flooding is not supported for NLB.

  • ARP entries for NLB server IP addresses do not age out when there is still client traffic coming to the NLB servers, even after the NLB servers are no longer reachable.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, expand the following folders: Configuration > VLAN.
  2. Select VLANs .
  3. Select the Advanced tab.
  4. In the row for the VLAN, double-click the value in the NlbMode column.
  5. Select the appropriate value.
  6. Select Apply.
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