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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Solaris load balancing?
a (sub)set of possible solutions is: 1) write simple script performing default gateway health checking (pinging) and adding/removing default gateways 2) use gated 3) use znyx cards (http://www.znyx.com) -- dima. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > foo > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 6:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Solaris load balancing? > > > > What are the various options for load balancing across multiple interfaces > which are connected to distinct switches/routers on a Solaris box? > FEC/trunking wont work because the connections are to difference switches. > Multiple default routes in Solaris appear to behave badly when one of the > dest's is down, such that the route is not removed from the routing table > and traffic is still sent in that direction (subject to TCP behavior), and > it's round-robin versus something more interesting like MAC-hasing. > > I think I can do equal cost multipath with two default routes in Gated as > well, but I'm not sure if Gated is any smarter about removing an > unreachable route. Will eqmp work if I'm injecting two defaults with OSPF? > > Any other ideas? > > -Brian
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