HP Multi-Site Traffic Director sa9200 - Manual (Page 35)

C H A P T E R 4 Scenario 1
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HP SA9200/config/dns/zones/geo.mstd-ex.com#
info
Zone: geo.mstd-ex.com
Authority Records TTL: 86400
Authority Name: nswc.mstd-ex.com
Authority IP: 10.1.1.1
Authority Name: nsec.mstd-ex.com
Authority IP: 10.1.2.1
Hostnames:
www
Step 4. Create Host and Specify Balancing Method.
When you create the hostname you can specify the balancing method
to use in selecting which site services are referred. For this scenario,
the balancing method eventually is Flash Response Mode. But for
initial testing of the network and configuration it is often best to
configure first with Weighted Round Robin mode. This allows for
easy verification of the configuration because the query responses are
deterministic. Once the initial configuration is verified, the balancing
method can be changed to the production method (Part 2 of this
scenario).
HP SA9200/config/dns/zones/geo.mstd-ex.com/
hostnames# create www
Hostname was created.
HP_SA9200/config/dns/zones/geo.mstd-ex.com/
hostnames# www method wrr
Load Balancing Method set to wrr
HP_SA9200/config/dns/zones/geo.mstd-ex.com/
hostnames# info
Host: www
Method: wrr TTL: 60 Return Authoritative:Yes
Max Additional Responses:0 Multi-VIP Standby:Disable
Step 5. Map Services to Hostname.
DNS is essentially a means of mapping hostnames to IP addresses.
The SA9200 takes this mapping one step further by allowing the
mapping of hostnames to services (IP address and service port). In
this step the services that were created in Step 1 are mapped to the
hostname created in Step 2.