FT VLAN / Trunk or L3 Interface? ACE 4710 setup

Hello, Is it possible to use 1 or 2 of the 4 gigabit ethernet ports from one ACE straight into the other ACE for redundancy?
So ACE_01 gig0/4 to ACE_02 gig0/4
If so, is it a case of just having the layer 3 config instead of trunking etc..
Also - is it possible to create a context within the same vlan as the Admin context?
Thank you
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Hello Kanwal, thank you for this. This is my first pair of ACE's configuring from scratch.
I've dedicated int gi1/4 for the ft 'transit' traffic if you like - its dedicated on a separate vlan. So both ACE's are connected directly on this port.
I have two VLANs - 724 & 725
And 3 contexts. Admin, NPE, DEV
The Admin Context lives in VLAN 724 I created another context (NPE) in the same VLAN. Do I have to use a different address for the interface in this context or can I use the same as the Admin context?
SQP-ACE4710-NPE01/FOS_NPE# conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
SQP-ACE4710-NPE01/FOS_NPE(config)# interface vlan 724
SQP-ACE4710-NPE01/FOS_NPE(config-if)# ip address 172.27.24.5 255.255.255.0
Error: Specified ip address duplicates with an existing ip address configured in the context
Thank you
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ACE 4710 Setup

Dear All,
I have task to add two servers to work with ACE 4710 , the client is coming from internal network and the end host (our servers).
I don,t know how to connect it physically and do the configuration.
Thanks a lot in advance .

Hi,
Below is basic configuration example with three real servers and Source NAT.
Let's say you have three servers:
rserver host SERVER_01
ip address 192.168.1.11
inservice
rserver host SERVER_02
ip address 192.168.1.12
inservice
rserver host SERVER_03
ip address 192.168.1.13
inservice
You add them in serverfarm
serverfarm host REAL_SERVERS
rserver SERVER_01
    inservice
rserver SERVER_02
    inservice
rserver SERVER_03
    inservice
After that you configure the VIP and condition. Here any means any protocol and port
class-map match-all VIP-30
2 match virtual-address 172.16.51.30 any
YOu define the L7 policy map
policy-map type loadbalance first-match SLB_LOGIC
class class-default
    serverfarm REAL_SERVERS--------->Serverfarm to which traffic would be loadbalanced.
policy-map multi-match CLIENT_VIPS---->L3 policy map.
class VIP-30
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy SLB_LOGIC
    nat dynamic 1 vlan 451----------------->You need to apply the NAT when your client is in same subnet as server so that return traffic comes back to ACE and not to client directly or when your servers default GW is not ACE.
interface vlan 251
description Client vlan------------------->VIP is in this subnet
ip address 172.16.51.11 255.255.255.0
access-group input ANYONE
service-policy input REMOTE_MGT
service-policy input CLIENT_VIPS
no shutdown
interface vlan 451--------------->Server side subnet
description Servers vlan
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
nat-pool 1 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.110 netmask 255.255.255.0 pat---->Nat pool defined. It should always be on server side vlan.
no shutdown
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.51.1
I would also suggest going through the below for basic troubleshooting and understanding.
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Cisco_Application_Control_Engine_%28ACE%29_Troubleshooting_Guide_--_Overview_of_ACE_Troubleshooting
Basic loadbalancing using routed mode:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Basic_Load_Balancing_Using_Routed_Mode_on_the_Cisco_Application_Control_Engine_Configuration_Example
And if you have any questions, please put them here and we will be glad to help.
Regards,
Kanwal
Note: Please mark answers if they are helpful.

ACE 4710 blocking FTP WLSD directory listing

Hello
I have a ACE 4710 setup in a test environment(and context) with 2 filezilla FTP servers on the back end and a Win7 laptop on the front end with a FTP client(s). The ACE is setup to load balance by source(the requirement for our project).
When the laptop tries to FTP to the Filezilla FTP servers it connects, enters passive mode, and sends a WLSD command to get a directory listing, but never gets it. If the Win7 laptop is put on the same vlan as the Filezilla FTP servers, behind the ACE, everything works fine.
As far as I can tell the ACE configs doesn’t have any sort of deny acl acting on this traffic. *attached* The FTP client always connects, its just the directory listing that doesn't seem to work.. and we need it to work for the app this is targeting.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
e-

Yeah me too!
So after much packet capturing and hair pulling and general dismay, we(me, another admin, and a local var ccie) think this is a app layer issue. We added the inspect command but it wouldnt take without a nat pool in place, so we added that.
We found a packet in the FTP client that tells the server the real IP of client to the server. This is the only oddity that we can locate. Of course I admit we arent using a ACE in the normal way an ACE would be used, we LB by source not destination.
I put telnet servers on my targets and they also communicate directly to the clients IP, but they layer 2 back to the ace first, whereas the FTP server doesnt. We are still working on it to try and find a way to make FTP happy.
e-

CE-500 VLAN trunks

I have not been able to configure a VLAN trunk at a CE-500. I configure the port using CNA as router and specify the native VLAN, but I do not know where to specify the allowed VLANs. The port is connected to a Cisco Router with sub-interfaced configured. When I click on "modify" the smartport, an small windows quicky opens and closes, only leaving an option for the native VLAN. What am I doing wrong? How do I specify a port as a trunk port?
Thanks a lot for the help.
Juan S

I believe you are aware of creating the standard Cisco IOS procedure for creating VLAN trunks.
under the interface configuration mode, in which you need to create a trunk,
switchport mode trunk
switchport mode trunk encapsulation isl/dot1q
switchport mode trunk native vlan
switchport mode trunk allowed vlans
But if you are already using these commands correctly, still you have the problem, I want you to let me know the following informations.
1. What error message you receive at the console while implementing trunking?
2. What is the other end device with which you are trying to establish trunk?.

VLAN Tagging on the ACE 4710 Appliance

Hello all,
I have a quick question. How does the ACE 4710 Appliance works with VLAN tagging? I have virtual servers that I am trying to configure behind ACE. The VMs support VLAN tagging. Can I just trunk to link to my core switch and allow the ACE vlans to pass through?
Your help is greatly appreciated.

ACE 4710 support dot1q trunkning.
Configure the interface between 4710 and core switch as a trunk.
Same between your VMS and core switch.
Gilles

ACE 4710 in bridge mode not working

I am trying to configure ACE 4710 bridge mode and I am stuck up in physical interface configuration. I have configured gig1/2 of ACE as trunk port and on layer 2 switch I have assigned that interface (gig1/2) to VLAN 11. I tried trunk port also but it got disabled due to BPDU error.
I am not able to ping servers as well as gateway. Below are the topology and context configuration:
Router   (vlan 13: IP 172.16.11.254)
     |
ACE     (int gig1/2)
     |
L2 Switch
     |
Servers (vlan 11: IP 172.16.11.1 and 11.2)
Admin Context
===========
resource-class rc1
limit-resource all minimum 0.00 maximum unlimited
limit-resource sticky minimum 0.20 maximum unlimited
boot system image:c4710ace-mz.A3_2_4.bin
interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
switchport access vlan 1000
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/2
switchport trunk allowed vlan 11,13
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/3
shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/4
shutdown
access-list ALL line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list everyone line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list everyone line 16 extended permit icmp any any
class-map type management match-any remote_access
2 match protocol xml-https any
3 match protocol icmp any
4 match protocol telnet any
5 match protocol ssh any
6 match protocol http any
7 match protocol https any
8 match protocol snmp any
policy-map type management first-match remote_mgmt_allow_policy
class remote_access
    permit
interface vlan 1000
ip address 172.16.16.16 255.255.255.0
access-group input ALL
service-policy input remote_mgmt_allow_policy
no shutdown
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.16.254
context test
allocate-interface vlan 11
allocate-interface vlan 13
member rc1
test Context
=========
access-list bpdu-fixup ethertype permit bpdu
access-list ALL line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list ALL line 16 extended permit icmp any any
rserver host srv1
ip address 172.16.11.1
inservice
rserver host srv2
ip address 172.16.11.2
inservice
serverfarm host srv
rserver srv1
    inservice
rserver srv2
    inservice
sticky ip-netmask 255.255.255.255 address both SG1
timeout 120
serverfarm srv
class-map type management match-any remote-mgmt
201 match protocol snmp any
202 match protocol ssh any
203 match protocol icmp any
204 match protocol http any
205 match protocol https any
206 match protocol xml-https any
class-map match-all slb-vip
2 match virtual-address 172.16.11.10 any
policy-map type management first-match remote-mgmt
class remote-mgmt
    permit
policy-map type loadbalance first-match slb
class class-default
    sticky-serverfarm SG1
policy-map multi-match client-vips
class slb-vip
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy slb
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply
interface vlan 11
bridge-group 1
access-group input bpdu-fixup
access-group input ALL
access-group output ALL
no shutdown
interface vlan 13
bridge-group 1
access-group input bpdu-fixup
access-group input ALL
access-group output ALL
service-policy input remote-mgmt
service-policy input client-vips
no shutdown
interface bvi 1
ip address 172.16.11.9 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.11.254
Could you pls. suggest where I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Pawan

" I tried trunk port also but it got disabled"   <----- if your L2 config is not correct, nothing will work.
What is the setup on the switch ? Trunk or access vlan ?
What is the status of the interface ? up ? down ?
Do you see something in your arp table ?
Gilles.

ACE 4710 in bridge mode

Hi,
We got new ACE 4710 device and i am trying to configure that in Bridging mode.
I am trying to loadbalance between two servers which is connected as shown below:
Servers -> Switch -> Router (with subinterface).
Servers IP: 172.16.11.1 and 172.16.11.2
Router IP: 172.16.11.254
Default route is router IP address for servers.
I am new to ACE and I am confused about how to assign interface on ACE so that ACE can bridge the traffic between router and servers VLAN.
We have some more servers which are on different VLAN but can connect to these servers as router is doing inter-vlan routing too.
I want inter-vlan routing and load balancing between above two servers concurrently. Pls. help in this regard.
Also attaching the ACE config file.

Here is the config, hope this will help.
Admin Context
=============
resource-class ngmp_rc1
limit-resource all minimum 0.00 maximum unlimited
limit-resource sticky minimum 0.20 maximum unlimited
interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
switchport access vlan 1000
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/2
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,13
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/3
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/4
shutdown
access-list ALL line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list everyone line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list everyone line 16 extended permit icmp any any
class-map type management match-any remote_access
2 match protocol xml-https any
3 match protocol icmp any
4 match protocol telnet any
5 match protocol ssh any
6 match protocol http any
7 match protocol https any
8 match protocol snmp any
policy-map type management first-match remote_mgmt_allow_policy
class remote_access
permit
interface vlan 1000
ip address 192.168.16.16 255.255.255.0
access-group input ALL
service-policy input remote_mgmt_allow_policy
no shutdown
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.16.254
context apps
allocate-interface vlan 10
allocate-interface vlan 13
member apps_rc1
APPS Context
============
rserver host srv1
ip address 192.168.10.1
inservice
rserver host srv2
ip address 192.168.10.2
inservice
rserver host srv3
ip address 192.168.10.3
inservice
serverfarm host apps_srv
rserver srv1
inservice
rserver srv2
inservice
rserver srv3
inservice
class-map match-all ftp-vip
2 match virtual-address 172.16.10.10 tcp eq ftp
class-map match-all http-vip
2 match virtual-address 172.16.10.11 tcp eq 8080
class-map type management match-any remote-mgmt
201 match protocol snmp any
202 match protocol ssh any
203 match protocol icmp any
204 match protocol http any
205 match protocol https any
206 match protocol xml-https any
policy-map type management first-match remote-mgmt
class remote-mgmt
permit
policy-map type loadbalance first-match slb
class class-default
serverfarm apps_srv
policy-map multi-match client-vips
class ftp-vip
loadbalance vip inservice
loadbalance policy slb
loadbalance vip icmp-reply
inspect ftp
class http-vip
loadbalance vip inservice
loadbalance policy slb
loadbalance vip icmp-reply
interface vlan 10
bridge-group 1
access-group input bpdu-fixup
access-group input ALL
access-group output ALL
no shutdown
interface vlan 13
bridge-group 1
access-group input bpdu-fixup
access-group input ALL
access-group output ALL
service-policy input remote-mgmt
service-policy input client-vips
no shutdown
interface bvi 1
ip address 192.168.10.9 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.10.254
Thanks,
Pawan

Setting up additional load balancing on ACE 4710

I recently deployed ACE 4710 to load balance traffic to a group of web servers. I would like to add additional server farm(s) with different applications on them to ACE 4710 for load balancing the traffic. How can I best achieve this goal? I currently use 3 interfaces out of 4 interfaces (Server Side interface, Client side interface, and Failover interface). Do I need to use my last interface to set up for the new VIP address for a new server farm? Is virtualized service a possible solution? Thank you in advance.

You can configure trunking so that multiple vlans can exist.
Also note that the vip ip address does not have to belong to a subnet.
You could configure a static route on the upstream router pointing the traffic for the new vip to the interface ip address.
Gilles.

Need help to Configure Cisco ACE 4710 Cluster Deployment

Dear Experts,
I'm newbie for Cisco ACE 4710, and still I'm in learning stage. Meanwhile I got chance at my work place to deploy a Cisco ACE 4710 cluster which should load balance the traffic between two Application Servers based on HTTP and HTTPS traffic. So I was looking for good deployment guide in Cisco SBA knowledge base then finall found this guide.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/SBA/February2013/Cisco_SBA_DC_AdvancedServer-LoadBalancingDeploymentGuide-Feb2013.pdf
This guide totally fine with my required deployment model. I have same deployment environment as this guide contains with ACE cluster that connects to two Cisco 3750X (Stack) switches. But I have some confusion places in this guide
This guide follow the "One-armed mode" as a deployment method. But when I go through it further I have noticed that they have configured server VLAN as a 10.4.49.0/24 (all servers reside in it) and Client side VIP also in same VLAN which is 10.4.49.100/24 (even NAT pool also).
My confusion is, as I have learned about Cisco ACE 4710 one-armed mode deployment method, it should has two VLAN segments, one for Client side which client request come and hit the VIP and then second one for Server side. which means besically two VLANs. So please be kind enough to go through above document then tell me where is wrong, what shoud I need to do for the best. Please this is an urgent, so need your help quickly.
Thanks....!
-Amal-

Dear Kanwal,
I need quick help for you. Following are the Application LB requirements which I received from my clinet side.
Following detail required for configuring Oracle EBS Apps tier on HA:
LBR IP and Name required to configure EBS APPS Tier (i.e, ap1ebs & ap2ebs nodes)
Suggested IP and Name for LBR:
IP : 172.25.45.x [should be on same 172.25.45 subnet of ap1ebs & ap2ebs nodes]
ebiz.xxxx.lk [on port 80 for http protocol accessibility]
This LBR IP & name must be resolve and respond on DNS network
Server Farm detail for LBR Setup
Following detail will be use for configuring the LBR:
LBR IP and Name :
IP : 172.25.45.x [should be on same 172.25.45 subnet of ap1ebs & ap2ebs nodes]
ebiz.xxxx.lk [on port 80 for http protocol accessibility]
This LBR IP & name must be resolve and respond on DNS network
Server Farm Detail for LBR setup:
Server 1 (EBS App1 Node, ap1ebs):
IP : 172.25.45.19
Server Name: ap1ebs.xxxx.lk [ap1ebs hostname is an example, actual hostname will be use]
Protocol: http
Port: 8000
Server 2 (EBS App2 Node, ap2ebs):
IP : 172.25.45.20
Server Name: ap2ebs.xxxx.lk [ap2ebs hostname is an example, actual hostname will be use]
Protocol: http
Port: 8000
Since my client needs to access URL ebiz.xxxx.lk which should be resolved by IP 172.25.45.21 (virtual IP) via http (80) before they deploy the app on the two servers I just ran web service on both servers (Linux) and was trying to access http://172.25.45.21 it was working fine and gave me index.html page. Now after my client has deployed the application then when he tries to access the page http://172.25.45.21 he cannot see his main login page. But still my testing web servers are there on both servers when I type http://172.25.45.21 it will get index.html page, but not my client web login page. What can I do for this ?
Following are my latest config :
probe http Get-Method
description Check to url access /OA_HTML/OAInfo.jsp
interval 10
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 30
request method get url /OA_HTML/OAInfo.jsp
expect status 200 200
probe udp http-8000-iRDMI
description IRDMI (HTTP - 8000)
port 8000
probe http http-probe
description HTTP Probes
interval 10
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 30
passdetect count 2
request method get url /index.html
expect status 200 200
probe https https-probe
description HTTPS traffic
interval 10
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 30
passdetect count 2
ssl version all
request method get url /index.html
probe icmp icmp-probe
description ICMP PROBE FOR TO CHECK ICMP SERVICE
rserver host ebsapp1
description ebsapp1.xxxx.lk
ip address 172.25.45.19
conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
probe icmp-probe
probe http-probe
inservice
rserver host ebsapp2
description ebsapp2.xxxx.lk
ip address 172.25.45.20
conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
probe icmp-probe
probe http-probe
inservice
serverfarm host ebsppsvrfarm
description ebsapp server farm
failaction purge
predictor response app-req-to-resp samples 4
probe http-probe
probe icmp-probe
inband-health check log 5 reset 500
retcode 404 404 check log 1 reset 3
rserver ebsapp1 80
    conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
    probe icmp-probe
    inservice
rserver ebsapp2 80
    conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
    probe icmp-probe
    inservice
sticky http-cookie jsessionid HTTP-COOKIE
cookie insert browser-expire
replicate sticky
serverfarm ebsppsvrfarm
class-map type http loadbalance match-any default-compression-exclusion-mime-type
description DM generated classmap for default LB compression exclusion mime types.
2 match http url .*gif
3 match http url .*css
4 match http url .*js
5 match http url .*class
6 match http url .*jar
7 match http url .*cab
8 match http url .*txt
9 match http url .*ps
10 match http url .*vbs
11 match http url .*xsl
12 match http url .*xml
13 match http url .*pdf
14 match http url .*swf
15 match http url .*jpg
16 match http url .*jpeg
17 match http url .*jpe
18 match http url .*png
class-map match-all ebsapp-vip
2 match virtual-address 172.25.45.21 tcp eq www
class-map type management match-any remote_access
2 match protocol xml-https any
3 match protocol icmp any
4 match protocol telnet any
5 match protocol ssh any
6 match protocol http any
7 match protocol https any
8 match protocol snmp any
policy-map type management first-match remote_mgmt_allow_policy
class remote_access
    permit
policy-map type loadbalance first-match ebsapp-vip-l7slb
class default-compression-exclusion-mime-type
    serverfarm ebsppsvrfarm
class class-default
    compress default-method deflate
    sticky-serverfarm HTTP-COOKIE
policy-map multi-match int455
class ebsapp-vip
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy ebsapp-vip-l7slb
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
    nat dynamic 1 vlan 455
interface vlan 455
ip address 172.25.45.36 255.255.255.0
peer ip address 172.25.45.35 255.255.255.0
access-group input ALL
nat-pool 1 172.25.45.22 172.25.45.22 netmask 255.255.255.0 pat
service-policy input remote_mgmt_allow_policy
service-policy input int455
no shutdown
ft interface vlan 999
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
peer ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
ft peer 1
heartbeat interval 300
heartbeat count 10
ft-interface vlan 999
ft group 1
peer 1
no preempt
priority 110
associate-context Admin
inservice
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.25.45.1
Hope you will reply me soon
Thanks....!
-Amal-

ACE 4710 Connectivity help?

I'm using an ACE 4710 in a new datacenter, with the following setup:
2/4 physical ethernet interfaces port channeled into port-channel 1
2/4 physical ethernet interfaces port channeled into port-channel 2
I have the following vlans defined:
1001 - admin - interface ip: 10.53.136.70
400 - client side - interface ip: 10.53.136.100
500 - server side - interface ip: 192.168.128.1
999 - fault tolerance - interface ip: 192.168.11.2
My problem is I am trying to nat ssh and web server traffic from the client side, to the server side, but it's never getting to the server. For example, if I ssh to 10.53.136.102, it times out. (10.53.136.102 should get nat'd to 192.168.128.2)
Also, I can connect to the ACE 4710 via telnet using 10.53.136.70, but cannot connect to 10.53.136.100.
I'm thinking there is either something wrong with the port-channels, or the access lists. On the other hand there could be something wrong with the nat'ing, but I had it working before switching over to the port-channels.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Brent

I've attached the two contexts which we are using. The admin context is new_lb_config.txt and the second context where the loadbalancing occurs is in the new_lb_config_VC_WBPX.txt file.
From the load balancer, I am able to ping the real server ips in the 192.168. ip range. The 4710 recognizes that they are in service.
I believe the ACL for the VLAN 400 is set to permit all traffic, but I don't know if the service policies are preventing something from happening.
Right now, I have disconnected the two 4710s and I am only working on one of them to see if I can get the basic connectivity going. Once I accomplish that, I will work on high availability. I'll have to check whether it thinks it is in passive mode...not entirely sure how to do that, but I will check it out.
Thanks,
Brent

ACE 4710 - Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage randomly

We have a ACE 4710 with a basic config, (see below).
When clicking on a tab from a window within Interent explorer we occasionally get an issue with it returning: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" The details show "Access is denied" accessing a particular line of a javascript file.
We have put one web server out of service in the farm to make sure that this isn't a result of stickyness not quite working.
We have tested extensively by going directly to the web server directly without the load balancer and cannot reproduce the problem but we can produce the issue within a few minutes when going to the load balanced address.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
HOST-1/Admin# show run
Generating configuration....
logging enable
logging fastpath
logging standby
logging timestamp
logging trap 6
logging history 6
resource-class SLB_ResourceClass_T_R
limit-resource all minimum 10.00 maximum unlimited
resource-class sticky
limit-resource all minimum 10.00 maximum unlimited
boot system image:c4710ace-t1k9-mz.A5_1_2.bin
peer hostname HOST-2
hostname HOST-1
interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
switchport access vlan 1000
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/2
shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/3
description LB003
switchport access vlan 1
shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/4
description LB004
switchport access vlan 2
shutdown
interface port-channel 1
port-channel load-balance src-dst-port
no shutdown
clock timezone standard GMT
switch-mode
context Admin
description SUTLB01
member SLB_ResourceClass_T_R
access-list ALL line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list ALL line 16 extended permit icmp any any
access-list everyone line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list everyone line 16 extended permit icmp any any
probe tcp probe_tcp_80
port 80
rserver host Server_S_W301
description Server_S_W301
ip address x.x.32.152
inservice
rserver host Server_S_W302
description Server_S_W302
ip address x.x.32.154
inservice
serverfarm host sfarm_T_R
description sfarm_T_R
predictor leastconns
probe probe_tcp_80
rserver Server_S_W301 80
rserver Server_S_W302 80
    inservice
sticky http-cookie Cookie1 T_R_sticky_cookie
cookie insert browser-expire
timeout 3600
serverfarm sfarm_T_R
class-map match-any T_R_L4Class
2 match virtual-address x.x.33.150 tcp eq www
class-map type management match-any remote_access
2 match protocol xml-https any
3 match protocol icmp any
4 match protocol telnet any
5 match protocol ssh any
6 match protocol http any
7 match protocol https any
8 match protocol snmp any
policy-map type management first-match remote_mgmt_allow_policy
class remote_access
    permit
policy-map type loadbalance first-match T_R_L7policy
class class-default
    sticky-serverfarm T_R_sticky_cookie
policy-map multi-match T_R_L4Policy
class T_R_L4Class
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy T_R_L7policy
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
    nat dynamic 2 vlan 1000
interface vlan 1000
ip address x.x.33.148 255.255.254.0
access-group input ALL
nat-pool 2 x.x.33.151 x.x.33.151 netmask 255.255.254.0 pat
service-policy input remote_mgmt_allow_policy
service-policy input T_R_L4Policy
no shutdown
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.x.32.1
ssh key rsa 1024 force

+------------------------------------------+
+-------------- HTTP statistics -----------+
+------------------------------------------+
LB parse result msgs sent : 421347     , TCP data msgs sent       : 2099597
Inspect parse result msgs : 0          , SSL data msgs sent       : 0
                      sent
TCP fin msgs sent         : 6169       , TCP rst msgs sent:       : 769
Bounced fin msgs sent     : 5          , Bounced rst msgs sent:   : 1
SSL fin msgs sent         : 0          , SSL rst msgs sent:       : 0
Drain msgs sent           : 337811     , Particles read           : 5040829
Reuse msgs sent           : 0          , HTTP requests            : 342499
Reproxied requests        : 183422     , Headers removed          : 37475
Headers inserted          : 342124     , HTTP redirects           : 0
HTTP chunks               : 224859     , Pipelined requests       : 71466
HTTP unproxy conns        : 267246     , Pipeline flushes         : 0
Whitespace appends        : 0          , Second pass parsing      : 0
Response entries recycled : 71302      , Analysis errors          : 0
Header insert errors      : 22         , Max parselen errors      : 215
Static parse errors       : 99         , Resource errors          : 0
Invalid path errors       : 0          , Bad HTTP version errors : 0
Headers rewritten         : 0          , Header rewrite errors    : 0
SSL headers inserted      : 0          , SSL header insert errors : 0
SSL spoof headers deleted : 0         , Unproxy msgs sent         : 267246
HTTP passthrough stat     : 0
NOTE - We did turn on caching at one point to try and resolve the issue but it has since been turned off

Configuring ACE 4710 for Load Balancing Speech servers

Hello, I'm configuring ACE 4710's for the first time and I want to load balance my Nuance speech servers on port 554. Here's my configuration on ACE01:
hostname ace471001
interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
switchport access vlan 1000
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/2
shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/3
shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/4
shutdown
access-list ALL line 8 extended permit ip any any
rserver host nss01
class-map type management match-any remote_access
2 match protocol xml-https any
3 match protocol icmp any
4 match protocol telnet any
5 match protocol ssh any
6 match protocol http any
7 match protocol https any
8 match protocol snmp any
policy-map type management first-match remote_mgmt_allow_policy
class remote_access
permit
interface vlan 1000
ip address 10.20.17.21 255.255.248.0
access-group input ALL
service-policy input remote_mgmt_allow_policy
no shutdown
How would I configure my speech server to isten on 554?
Thanks in advance

Hello Reginald
Currently you have only basic network configuration, there is no loadbalancing config
I'm not sure what exactly you're asking about , but basically you need to have
- real servers configured on ACE (
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_1_0/configuration/slb/guide/rsfarms.html#wp999495)
- serverfarm configured on ACE (
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_1_0/configuration/slb/guide/rsfarms.html#wp1014522)
- L7 policy map (
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_1_0/configuration/slb/guide/classlb.html#wp1171109 ,
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_1_0/configuration/slb/guide/classlb.html#wp1027248 )
- L4 policy map , class-map (
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_1_0/configuration/slb/guide/classlb.html#wp1027819)
And then apply it on necessary interface.
This is a general configuration, in your specific case you may need to configure some additinal features (e.g. I think you will need to have stickiness enabled
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_1_0/configuration/slb/guide/sticky.html but it depends on your application)
links are for old config guids , but basic is pretty much the same for all versions.
Please check them and try to narrow down your question a bit.

SIP load balancing issue with ACE 4710

SIP Load balancing Issue with ACE 4710
I have a Cisco ace 4710 with vesion Version A4(2.2). i configued simple SIP load balancing first without stickiness. without stikeiness we are having a problem because bye packet at the was not going to the same server all the time that left our port in used even though user hang up the phone. its happen randmly. i have a total 20 licenced ports and its fill out very quickly. so i dicided to use the stickiness with call-ID but still same issue. below is the config
rserver host CIN-VOX-31
ip address 172.20.130.31
inservice
rserver host CIN-VOX-32
ip address 172.20.130.32
inservice
serverfarm host CIN-VOX
probe SIP-5060
rserver CIN-VOX-31
    inservice
rserver CIN-VOX-32
    inservice
sticky sip-header Call-ID VOX_SIP_GROUP
timeout 1
timeout activeconns
replicate sticky
serverfarm CIN-VOX
class-map match-all CIN_VOX_L4_CLASS
2 match virtual-address 172.22.12.30 any
class-map match-all CIN_VOX_SIP_L4_CLASS
2 match virtual-address 172.22.12.30 udp eq sip
policy-map type loadbalance sip first-match CIN_VOX_LB_SIP_POLICY
class class-default
    sticky-serverfarm VOX_SIP_GROUP
policy-map multi-match GLOBAL_DMZ_POLICY
   class CIN_VOX_SIP_L4_CLASS
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy CIN_VOX_LB_SIP_POLICY
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply
class CIN_VOX_L4_CLASS
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy CIN_VOX_LB_SIP_POLICY
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply
interface vlan 20
description VIP_DMZ_VLAN
ip address 172.22.12.4 255.255.255.192
alias 172.22.12.3 255.255.255.192
peer ip address 172.22.12.5 255.255.255.192
access-group input PERMIT-ANY-LB
service-policy input GLOBAL_DMZ_POLICY
could you please help me on this...
thanks
Rakesh Patel

I mean there should be one more statement-
class-map type sip loadbalance match-any CIN_VOX_LB_SIP_POLICY
match sip header Call_ID header-value sip:
and that will be called under-
policy-map multi-match GLOBAL_DMZ_POLICY
   class CIN_VOX_SIP_L4_CLASS
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy CIN_VOX_LB_SIP_POLICY
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply
is that missing in your config ?

ACE 4710 transparent LB with two Caches and two routers.

Hello,
I have ACE 4710 that load balance two cach flows (bluecoat), i am doing pbr on the routers to send the traffic destined to port 80 to ACE then Cach farm. After that the Cach flow will get the page from the internet via two routers. The return traffic will match another pbr on the routers with source port 80 that will send it to the ACE then CachFlow again .....then to the users.
I am not using ip-spoofing on the CachFlow for now. In the figure attached i created a VIP 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 port 80 on the interface on the ACE facing the routers, but the question is do i have to create another VIP 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 port 80 on the interface on ACE facing the Cach Flow? or just forward the traffic on the default route? What might be the default route since i have to use two routers and i cannot use hsrp?
Kindly I need some assistance
Thank you and regards,
George
access-list PERMIT_ALL line 8 extended permit ip any any
access-list CFLOW line 8 extended permit ip any any
ip name-server 8.8.8.8
ip name-server 4.2.2.2
##################################Config for Cache Cache Servers###################
probe http CISCO_WWW_PROBE
ip address 72.163.4.161
interval 2
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 2
passdetect count 5
request method head url /index.html
expect status 200 200
exit
probe http YAHOO_WWW_PROBE
ip address 87.248.112.181
interval 2
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 2
passdetect count 5
request method head url /index.html
expect status 200 200
exit
serverfarm host TRANSPARENT_PROXY_SF
description Transparent Proxy Farm
transparent
predictor hash url
probe CISCO_WWW_PROBE
probe YAHOO_WWW_PROBE
rserver CFLOW01
    inservice
rserver CFLOW02
    inservice
exit
exit
############################################# Router Cache Farm ############################
probe icmp ICMP_PROBE
description *** Probe for icmp health monitoring ***
interval 5
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 60
passdetect count 2
exit
rserver host Router01
description Connection to Sodetel Router
ip address 192.168.14.4
probe ICMP_PROBE
inservice
rserver host Router02
description Connection to IDM Router
ip address 192.168.14.5
probe ICMP_PROBE
inservice
serverfarm host Routers
description Transparent Proxy Farm
transparent
predictor hash url
probe ICMP_PROBE
rserver Router01
    inservice
rserver Router02
    inservice
exit
exit
################################# Management################################
class-map type management match-any REMOTE_MGMT
description Allow Remote management for below protocols
8 match protocol icmp any
9 match protocol ssh source-address 172.31.13.31 255.255.255.255
10 match protocol ssh source-address 172.31.31.21 255.255.255.255
policy-map type management first-match REMOTE_MGMT_ALLOW_POLICY
class REMOTE_MGMT
    permit
class-map match-all CFLO2Internet
2 match virtual-address 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 any
class-map match-all TRANSPARENT_VIP_CM
2 match virtual-address 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 tcp eq www
policy-map type loadbalance first-match TRANSPARENT_LB_PM
class class-default
    serverfarm TRANSPARENT_PROXY_SF backup Routers
policy-map type loadbalance first-match CFLO2Internet_LB
class class-default
    serverfarm Routers
policy-map multi-match CFLO2Internet_PM
class CFLO2Internet
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy CFLO2Internet_LB
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
    connection advanced-options TCP
policy-map multi-match L3L4_PM
class TRANSPARENT_VIP_CM
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy TRANSPARENT_LB_PM
    loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
    connection advanced-options TCP
====Interfaces======
interface vlan 11
description Interface between Routers and ACE
ip address 192.168.14.2 255.255.255.224
alias 192.168.14.1 255.255.255.224
peer ip address 192.168.14.3 255.255.255.224
no icmp-guard
access-group input PERMIT_ALL
service-policy input REMOTE_MGMT_ALLOW_POLICY
service-policy input L3L4_PM
no shutdown
interface vlan 21
description Connection to CFlow ServerFarm
ip address 192.168.12.2 255.255.255.224
alias 192.168.12.1 255.255.255.224
peer ip address 192.168.12.3 255.255.255.224
no icmp-guard
access-group input CFLOW
service-policy input CFLO2Internet_PM ------>>>> Is this necessary???
no shutdown

Hi George,
In the topology you described, only the service-policy in the interface towards the routers is necessary. For the traffic from the caches, the ACE will just forward to the default gateway.
The only problem is, as you mentioned, that you cannot use HSRP. In that case, you can still configure two default gateways, but there is no way to predict which one the ACE will use at a given time (the way it does to select the one it will use is sending an ARP request to both gateways and using the one that replies first until the ARP entry expires)
If you need to load-balance the traffic between both routers, then yes, you would need to configure a new VIP on the cache side and load-balanced to a transparent serverfarm composed of both routers.
Regards
Daniel

ACE 4710 Pls need help

Hi,
Pls can you help me find out where is my error in the below:
I have an ACE 4710. Also I have 2 Bluecoat Proxy SG working in proxy mode. I want the ACE to be the Load Balancer for these 2 Proxy SG. I configure the ACE as below and put the vip-address in the Internet Explorer LAN Settings but it did not work. Also I configure Policy-based Routing on the Core Switch (for any http or https traffic going through core apply set ip next-hop vip-address).
Core SW SVI:
interface Vlan56
description BC Proxy
ip address 10.0.1.33 255.255.255.224
interface Vlan57
description ACE-LB-Alias
ip address 10.0.1.65 255.255.255.224
ACE 4710:
hostname VSS-ACE-BC-01
interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
description Management
speed 1000M
duplex FULL
switchport access vlan 101
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/2
description User Side
speed 1000M
duplex FULL
switchport access vlan 56
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/3
description BC Proxy Side
speed 1000M
duplex FULL
switchport access vlan 57
no shutdown
interface gigabitEthernet 1/4
description Failover
speed 1000M
duplex FULL
ft-port vlan 900
no shutdown
context Admin
member sticky
access-list external line 10 extended permit ip any any
access-list external line 20 extended permit icmp any any
access-list external line 30 extended permit tcp any any
access-list external line 40 extended permit udp any any
access-list internal line 10 extended permit ip any any
access-list internal line 20 extended permit icmp any any
access-list internal line 30 extended permit tcp any any
access-list internal line 40 extended permit udp any any
probe tcp web443
port 443
interval 30
faildetect 1
passdetect interval 30
passdetect count 1
open 1
probe tcp web8080
port 8080
interval 30
faildetect 1
passdetect interval 30
passdetect count 1
open 1
rserver host BC01
ip address 10.0.1.41
inservice
rserver host BC02
ip address 10.0.1.42
inservice
serverfarm host web443
probe web443
rserver BC01
    inservice
rserver BC02
    inservice
serverfarm host web8080
probe web8080
rserver BC01
    inservice
rserver BC02
    inservice
sticky ip-netmask 255.255.255.255 address source group1
replicate sticky
serverfarm web8080
sticky ip-netmask 255.255.255.255 address source group2
replicate sticky
serverfarm web443
class-map type management match-any REMOTE_ACCESS
2 match protocol telnet any
3 match protocol ssh any
4 match protocol icmp any
5 match protocol http any
6 match protocol snmp any
class-map match-all external-web
2 match virtual-address 10.0.1.70 any
class-map match-all external-web443
2 match virtual-address 10.0.1.70 any
class-map match-any nat-class
2 match access-list external
policy-map type management first-match REMOTE_MGMT
class REMOTE_ACCESS
    permit
policy-map type loadbalance http first-match slb
class class-default
    sticky-serverfarm group1
policy-map type loadbalance http first-match slb443
class class-default
    sticky-serverfarm group2
policy-map multi-match external-access
class nat-class
    nat dynamic 1 vlan 57
class external-web
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy slb
class external-web443
    loadbalance vip inservice
    loadbalance policy slb443
timeout xlate 120
interface vlan 56
description Server-Side
ip address 10.0.1.43 255.255.255.224
ip verify reverse-path
alias 10.0.1.40 255.255.255.224
peer ip address 10.0.1.44 255.255.255.224
mac-address autogenerate
access-group input internal
service-policy input REMOTE_MGMT
no shutdown
interface vlan 57
description VIP-Interface
ip address 10.0.1.67 255.255.255.224
alias 10.0.1.66 255.255.255.224
peer ip address 10.0.1.68 255.255.255.224
mac-address autogenerate
access-group input external
service-policy input external-access
service-policy input REMOTE_MGMT
no shutdown
interface vlan 101
description Management
ip address 10.220.1.131 255.255.255.0
alias 10.220.1.133 255.255.255.0
peer ip address 10.220.1.132 255.255.255.0
mac-address autogenerate
service-policy input REMOTE_MGMT
no shutdown
ft interface vlan 900
ip address 172.20.100.1 255.255.255.252
peer ip address 172.20.100.2 255.255.255.252
no shutdown
ft peer 1
heartbeat interval 300
heartbeat count 20
ft-interface vlan 900
ft group 1
peer 1
priority 200
peer priority 150
associate-context Admin
inservice
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.0.1.65

I see that you used:
nat dynamic 1 vlan 57
Where is the nat pool on Vlan 57 ?
May be you can try to assign that and that should help.
Something like below:
Interface vlan 57
nat-pool 1 10.0.1.93 10.0.1.93 netmask 255.255.255.224 pat
regards,
Ajay Kumar

FT VLAN / Trunk or L3 Interface? ACE 4710 setup

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