Load Balancing multiple web servers

Hi All:
I need to load balance 2 different web servers using sticky connections on a LocalDirector 416.
I need to use cookie-passive mode, which of course relies on a cookie set by the web server.
Problem: The name of the session cookie is different on each web server (IIS) and I'm not sure that I can change it.
Question: What do I pass to the sticky command as the name of the cookie?
Any ideas?
craig

fortunately the cookie are different on the 2 servers otherwise this feature would not work.
The value you enter after the keyword cookie-passive is a 'name' and can be whatever you want (you can also leave it blank/empty).
The LD will learn the cookie directly from the server.
See the documentation at :
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/localdir/ldv42/421guide/42ch05.htm#xtocid8565101
I hope this answer your question.
Gilles.

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