Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Software Configuration Manual page 219

Chapter 4 Administering the Switch
Figure 4-2
L2
Firewall
Network Load Balancers
In this topology, you have two devices, one active and one standby. To perform load balancing, both
devices must receive all packets. You could place both devices on the same VLAN. If learning can be
disabled on this VLAN, the packet is flooded and both devices receive all traffic destined to any MAC
address on the VLAN. You also can assign a multicast MAC address to both load balancers to ensure
that all packets reach them.
Figure 4-3
Disabling MAC Address Learning: Point-to-Point Links
External
FW interface
VR
Internal
FW interface
VLAN b
Access Switch
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Disabling MAC Address Learning: Network Load Balancers
Gi 3/1
VLAN 10
Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
Core Switch Core Switch
R
FW Sync
Distribution Distribution
Switch
L2/L3
R
VLAN a VLAN a
Access Switch
VLAN b VLAN c
Access Switch
Security Area = (VLAN b, VLAN c)
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Gi 3/2
VLAN 10
Managing the MAC Address Table
R
External
Switch
FW interface
R
VR
Internal
FW interface
VLAN c
L2
Firewall
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