Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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Direct Server Return -
When enabled, Equalizer forwards packets to the server in such a way that
the server responds directly to the client, rather than through Equalizer.
This option requires special configuration on the cluster; see
"Con-
figuring Direct Server Return"
on page 382
before enabling this
option. The spoof option must also be enabled when this option is enabled.
Spoof
When the Spoof option is enabled on a cluster, Equalizer uses the client’s
IP address as the source IP address in all packets sent to a server in that
cluster.
When Spoof is enabled, all server responses to client requests that came
through the Equalizer cluster IP address must be routed by the server
back to the client through Equalizer. In many cases, the easiest way to do
this is to set the default gateway on the server instances in the server pool
on a cluster to Equalizer’s IP address on the server VLAN. If this is not pos-
sible, you can establish static routes on the server to send responses to
specific client IP addresses to Equalizer’s IP address on the VLAN.
If you disable Spoof , the server receiving the request will see Equalizer’s
IP address as the client address because the TCP connection to the client is
terminated when the request is routed. The server will therefore send its
response back to Equalizer’s IP address.
When the Spoof flag is disabled on a Layer 4 cluster:
If there is more than one VLAN defined, all server instances on a server
pool
must be located on the second defined VLAN in the configuration (the
VLAN that appears after the Default VLAN in the GUI, in ifconfig output,
and in the configuration file), so that source NAT will work correctly. This
is because the source IP address used when
spoof is disabled is the Equal-
izer IP address on that VLAN.
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Equalizer Administration Guide