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Configuring Server Load Balancing
IOS SLB Configuration Task List
IPC-147
Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide
Step 7 Customize group attributes. See the “Customizing Group Attributes” section earlier in this chapter.
Step 8 Verify the IOS SLB HSRP configuration. See the “Verifying the IOS SLB Stateless Backup
Configuration” section earlier in this chapter.
A sample stateless backup configuration is shown in the “IOS SLB Stateless Backup Configuration
Example” section.
Enabling HSRP
To enable HSRP on an IOS SLB interface, enable the protocol, then customize it for the interface. Use
the following command in interface configuration mode:
Customizing Group Attributes
To customize Hot Standby group attributes, use the following commands in interface configuration mode
as needed:
Verifying the IOS SLB Stateless Backup Configuration
To verify that stateless backup has been configured and is operating correctly, use the following show ip
slb vservers EXEC commands to display information about the IOS SLB virtual server status:
Router# show ip slb vservers
slb vservers prot virtual state conns
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Command Purpose
Router(config-if)# standby [group-number] ip [ip-address
[secondary]]
Enables HSRP.
Command Purpose
Router(config-if)# standby [group-number] authentication
string
Selects an authentication string to be carried in all
HSRP messages.
Router(config-if)# standby [group-number] name group-name
Specifies an HSRP group name with which to
associate an IOS SLB interface.
Router(config-if)# standby [group-number] preempt
Specifies that if the local router has priority over
the current active router, the local router should
attempt to take its place as the active router.
Router(config-if)# standby [group-number] priority priority
Sets the Hot Standby priority used to choose the
active router.
Router(config-if)# standby [group-number] timers hellotime
holdtime
Configures the time between hello packets and the
hold time before other routers declare the active
router to be down.
Router(config-if)# standby [group-number] track type-number
[interface-priority]
Configures the interface to track other interfaces,
so that if one of the other interfaces goes down the
Hot Standby priority for the device is lowered.