Chapter 45 NLB
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Advanced Application > NLB
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 194 Advanced Application > NLB
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
MAC forwarding
Name
Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes for this rule.
MAC Address
Enter a multicast or unicast MAC address of a cluster.
The last binary bit of the first octet pair in a multicast MAC address must be 1. For example, the
first octet pair 00000001 is 01 and 00000011 is 03 in hexadecimal, so 01:00:5e:00:00:0A and
03:00:5e:00:00:27 are valid multicast MAC addresses.
The last binary bit of the first octet pair in a unicast MAC address must be 0. For example, the
first octet pair 00000000 is 00 and 00000010 is 02 in hexadecimal, so 00:00:5e:00:00:0A and
02:00:5e:00:00:27 are valid unicast MAC addresses.
VID
Enter the VLAN identification number. If you do not have a specific target VLAN, enter 1.
The Switch will forward traffic to ports in this VLAN group.
Port
Enter the ports to which you want the Switch to forward the incoming NLB traffic.
You can enter multiple ports separated by (no space) comma (,) or hyphen (–). For example,
enter “3–5” for ports 3, 4, and 5. Enter “3,5,7” for ports 3, 5, and 7.
In stacking mode, the first number represents the slot and the second the port number. Enter 1/
1-1/24,2/23 for ports 1 to 24 for the Switch in slot 1 and port 23 for the Switch in slot 2, for
example.
Add
Click
Add
to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these
changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the
Save
link on the top navigation panel to
save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel
Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Clear
Click
Clear
to reset the fields to the factory defaults.
Index
This field displays the index number of the rule.
Name
This field displays the descriptive name of the rule.
MAC Address
This field displays the multicast or unicast MAC address of this rule.
VID
This field displays the VLAN group identification number.
Port
This field displays the ports to which the Switch will forward the incoming NLB traffic.
