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Chapter 46 NLB
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46.1 NLB Overview
The Switch supports NLB (Network Load Balancing) traffic distribution. The Switch will copy and forward
the incoming traffic to a cluster. Each server in a cluster tackles a separate copy of traffic.
Figure 252 NLB Traffic Distribution
The Switch only supports up to two clusters for NLB traffic distribution.
Note: NLB settings are configured on the servers.
See Section 46.1.2 on page 339 for more information about NLB.
46.1.1 What You Can Do
• Use the IP Configuration screen ( Section 46.2 on page 339 ) to map the IP address to the MAC address
of a cluster for layer-3 forwarding.
• Use the MAC Forwarding screen ( Section 46.3 on page 341 ) to configure to which MAC addresses
and ports the Switch should forward the incoming NLB traffic.