Jason,
remember that ASLB (aka LDA) is only available on "supervisor 1".
As for the configuration remember to do the following:
- create a loopback address ifconfig eth0:1 -arp
The -arp option prevents the server from answering ARP requests
sent by the MSFC (or upstream router) to the VIP, only the LD should
answer ARP requests for the VIP
- Make sure to configure "lda" with the correct MAC addresses.
If you see that the 6500 doesn't create shortcuts (lda mls entries),
most likely you didn't configure the correct MAC addresses.
Configuring the LD MAC on the 6500 is trivial. As for the router
MAC you need to configure both the BIA and the HSRP MAC
addresses.
- Make sure that in the list of ports that you give in "set lda router"
and "set lda server" there are the router side port and server side
port of the LD respectively. Also make sure that you include the trunk
port that connects the distribution switches. This trunk port should
be present in both the "set lda server" and "set lda router" command.
- To verify that your configuration works use traffic like telnet
that keeps the connection open so that you can show the
MLS entries and verify that the 6500 creates a shortcut.
If you use HTTP traffic it is harder to see if shortcuts are created
because connections are closed faster.
