Cisco 5505 - ASA Firewall Edition Bundle, Cli Configuration Manual

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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter 1 Setting General VPN Parameters
Configuring Load Balancing
Detailed Steps
Step 1
Enable the use of FQDNs for load balancing with the redirect-fqdn enable command:
redirect-fqdn {enable | disable}
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redirect-fqdn {enable | disable}
For example:
hostname(config)# vpn load-balancing
hostname(config-load-balancing)# redirect-fqdn enable
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
Step 2
Add an entry for each of your ASA outside interfaces into your DNS server if such entries are not already
present. Each ASA outside IP address should have a DNS entry associated with it for lookups. These
DNS entries must also be enabled for reverse lookup.
Step 3
Enable DNS lookups on your ASA with the dns domain-lookup inside command or whichever interface
has a route to your DNS server.
Step 4
Define your DNS server IP address on the ASA; for example: dns name-server 10.2.3.4 (IP address of
your DNS server).
The following is an example of a VPN load balancing command sequence that includes an interface
command that enables redirection for a fully qualified domain name, specifies the public interface of the
cluster as
test and the private interface of the cluster as foo ”
hostname(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 0/1
hostname(config-if)# ip address 209.165.202.159 255.255.255.0
hostname(config)# nameif test
hostname(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 0/2
hostname(config-if)# ip address 209.165.201.30 255.255.255.0
hostname(config)# nameif foo
hostname(config)# vpn load-balancing
hostname(config-load-balancing)# nat 192.168.10.10
hostname(config-load-balancing)# priority 9
hostname(config-load-balancing)# interface lbpublic test
hostname(config-load-balancing)# interface lbprivate foo
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster ip address 209.165.202.224
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster key 123456789
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster encryption
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster port 9023
hostname(config-load-balancing)# redirect-fqdn enable
hostname(config-load-balancing)# participate
Frequently Asked Questions About Load Balancing
IP Address Pool Exhaustion
Q: Does the ASA consider IP address pool exhaustion as part of its VPN load-balancing method?
A: No. If the remote access VPN session is directed to a device that has exhausted its IP address pools,
the session does not establish. The load-balancing algorithm is based on load, and is computed as an
integer percentage (number of active and maximum sessions) that each backup cluster member supplies.