Radius Load Balancing on F5 Big-IP
"Andy Saykao" <[email protected]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:55:37 +1100
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0626489721== Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CAA840.480DA743" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CAA840.480DA743 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, =20 I'm just wondering if there are any caveats to load balancing our radius servers through the F5 Big IP LTM (version 10.0.1). I've basically used the generic radius template on the F5 to accomplish this in a test environment and it seems to be working ok.=20 =20 I've read little on what I can find about radius load balancing and this article seems to mention that you need to enable "Datagram LB" to get proper radius load balancing happening - which is already enabled by the generic radius template on the F5. =20 http://74.125.153.132/search?q=3Dcache:fzzECVzKeuIJ:devcentral.f5.com/Def= a ult.aspx%3Ftabid%3D63%26articleType%3DArticleView%26articleId%3D187+site :devcentral.f5.com+radius+f5&cd=3D1&hl=3Den&ct=3Dclnk&client=3Dsafari =20 Also are there any sort of persistance that I need to set??? =20 Thanks. =20 Andy This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and = intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are = addressed.=20 Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this=20 email by mistake and delete this email from your system. 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The organisation accepts no liability for any=20 damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CAA840.480DA743 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16945" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010>Hi=20 All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D156124421-07022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010>I'm = just wondering=20 if there are any caveats to load balancing our radius servers through = the F5 Big=20 IP LTM (version 10.0.1). I've basically used the generic radius template = on the=20 F5 to accomplish this in a test environment and it seems to be working = ok.=20 </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D156124421-07022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010>I've=20 read little on what I can find about radius load balancing and this = article=20 seems to mention that you need to enable "Datagram LB" to get proper = radius load=20 balancing happening - which is already enabled by the generic radius = template on=20 the F5.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://74.125.153.132/search?q=3Dcache:fzzECVzKeuIJ:devcentral.f5= .com/Default.aspx%3Ftabid%3D63%26articleType%3DArticleView%26articleId%3D= 187+site:devcentral.f5.com+radius+f5&cd=3D1&hl=3Den&ct=3Dclnk= &client=3Dsafari">http://74.125.153.132/search?q=3Dcache:fzzECVzKeuIJ= :devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx%3Ftabid%3D63%26articleType%3DArticleView%= 26articleId%3D187+site:devcentral.f5.com+radius+f5&cd=3D1&hl=3Den= &ct=3Dclnk&client=3Dsafari</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also = are there any=20 sort of persistance that I need to set???</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D156124421-07022010><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Andy</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY><!--[object_id=3D#staff.netspace.= net.au#]--><P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D1>This email and = any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for = the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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