Configuring load balancing and failover with multiple Exinda Appliances

In a load balancing topology, Exinda Appliances are linked and handle failover and load balancing for each other.

Load balancing and fail-over with multiple Exinda Appliances

In this topology, two Exinda Appliances are connected to two routers. The two appliances are also directly connected to each other and each forwards its traffic to the other appliance.

Note that the traffic received from the other Exinda appliance is not forwarded onto the LANLocal area network. Both appliances report on the data in the same way.

Exinda Appliances automatically synchronize configuration settings between the two appliances.

The Exinda appliances that support this topology include the 4060*, 4061*, 5000, 6010, 6060*, 7000 and 10060*.

Capabilities

• Monitoring of both links.
• Optimization of both links.
• Redundancy of Exinda appliances.

Installation

1. On each Exinda, assign an interface for cluster internal use and, an interface for managing the appliance.
2. Connect the cluster interfaces on each Exinda with a crossover cable.
3. Power up Exinda 1. After one minute, power up Exinda 2.
4. Connect Exinda 1 LAN2 into switch 2/port 2.
5. Connect Exinda 1 WAN2 into router 1/port 2.
6. Connect Exinda 1 LAN1 into switch 1/port 1.
7. Connect Exinda 1 WAN1 into router 1/port 1.
8. Connect Exinda 2 LAN2 into switch 2/port 1.
9. Connect Exinda 2 WAN2 into router 2/port 1.
10. Connect Exinda 2 LAN1 into switch 1/port 2.
11. Connect Exinda 2 WAN1 into router 2/port 2.
12. Connect Exinda 1 MGMT into switch 1.
13. Connect Exinda 2 MGMT into switch 2.