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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 54 Configuring ASLB
Configuring ASLB on the Switch
MSFC and Multilayer Switching
The MSFC and Multilayer Switching (MLS) configuration guidelines are as follows:
•
With supervisor engine software release 5.4(1)CSX or later releases, an MSFC can be the
participating router for ASLB.
Note
Traffic is Layer 3 switched when an MSFC routes the traffic from the clients. This process
creates the MLS entries that exist separately from the ASLB MLS entries for the same
traffic.
•
The aging task that removes the terminated ASLB flows also purges the MLS terminated flows. The
ASLB MLS entries share the Layer 3 MLS cache with the MLS shortcut entries.
The MLS commands (
set mls
,
clear mls
, and
show mls
) do not interoperate with the ASLB (
set lda
,
clear lda
,
show lda
, and
commit lda
) commands. ASLB uses separate commands to view the
LocalDirector MLS entries.
•
When you enable ASLB, the ASLB MLS entries are established using one flow mask, full-flow
mode (ip-flow).
NetFlow Data Export
You cannot use NetFlow Data Export (NDE) if you enable ASLB, and you cannot use ASLB if you
enable NDE.
VLANs
The VLAN configuration guidelines are as follows:
•
When you configure ASLB, a VACL is created to redirect the TCP traffic on the two VLANs to
which the LocalDirector is connected (router VLAN and server VLAN). You cannot configure any
security Cisco IOS ACLs or VACLs on these VLANs.
•
Dedicate the router VLAN and server VLAN for ASLB use only. Do not connect the other network
devices (such as end stations and clients) to these two VLANs.
•
The VLANs that are created for ASLB propagate to the other switches through VLAN Trunking
Protocol (VTP) when VTP is in the server mode. Spanning Tree Protocol runs over these ASLB
VLANs on all VTP switches in the network, introducing additional overhead over the entire
network. To avoid the spanning-tree propagation delays, do the following:
–
Configure the switch as VTP transparent so it does not populate the VLANs.
–
Remove the ASLB VLANs from all trunks on all switches (enter the
clear trunk
command).
Switch Port Configuration
The switch port configuration guidelines are as follows:
•
Disable CDP on the ports that are connected to the LocalDirectors (both active and standby
LocalDirectors if a backup is configured).
•
If you specify a port that is part of an EtherChannel, the traffic is automatically redirected among
all ports in the EtherChannel.