Re: M3UA Loadsharing over 2 multi-homed links to 2 SG

mosbah,

mosbah abdelkader wrote:                       (Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:48:19)
>    Is that scenario possible with the actual M3UA specification? If not,
>    please provide an alternative? Any other suggestion? Is that carrier
>    grade configuration? What about HA: what to do to support that feature
>    in M3UA?

The M3UA specification supports load sharing at all the levels you describe.

HA is a characteristic of a node, not a network protocol; however, the M3UA
and SCTP specifications provide for the automatic redirection of traffic in
the event that any of those network interfaces, associations, or SG nodes
should fail.  Of course, when they all fail, M3UA can do nothing.

Carrier grade configurations have more to do with hardware than network
protocols.  All systems must be designed with no SPOF and 5 9s.  Most HA
systems are only "commercial grade".

--brian

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