Load Balancer CLI Commands

Load Balancer CLI Commands Overview

Load balancing cannot be performed by a Central Manager.

To enable load balancing, use the following store unit type command:

store unit type load-balancer

To disable load balancing, use the following clear unit type command:

clear unit type load-balancer

load balancer forwarding

Used on a collector to properly forward traffic. Must be off when the machine is a load balancing collector, and on when the machine is not participating in load balancing.

Syntax

load-balancer forwarding <on | off>

load-balancer link

Links a load balancer inspection engine named inspection_engine_name to a primary Ethernet port ethx and a backup Ethernet port ethy.

Syntax

load-balancer link <inspection_engine_name> <ethx> <ethy>

load-balancer list links

Lists all load balancer links.

Syntax

load-balancer list links

load-balancer list mapping

Lists all load balancer mappings.

Syntax

load-balancer list mapping

load-balancer map

Maps the IP and MAC addresses of a collector to the ETH port that it is connected to, on the balancer.

Syntax

load-balancer map <IP> <MAC> <ETH>

load-balancer ping

Sets the ping interval (in seconds) used to determine if a collector is online.

Syntax

load-balancer ping <interval>

load-balancer unlink

Removes the link identified by link_id, which is taken from the load-balancer list links command (above).  

Syntax

load-balancer unlink <link_id>

load-balancer unmap

Removes the mapping identified by mapping_id, which is taken from the load-balancer list mapping command (above).

 Syntax

load-balancer unmap <mapping_id>