1 Geographic region for a prefix
management IP address.
If you configure a geographic prefix entry that matches the management IP address of the remote ServerIron ADX and also specify a geographic location for the GSLB site where the remote ServerIron ADX resides, then the geographic location configured for the GSLB site takes precedence over the one defined in the
The GSLB ServerIron ADX determines the geographic location of the client as follows: For each client query, the GSLB ServerIron ADX determines the geographic location from which the client query came based on its IP address.
•If the IP address prefix of a
•If multiple server IP addresses compare equally based on the GSLB metrics above the geographic metric in the GSLB policy, then the GSLB ServerIron ADX prefers server IP addresses within the same geographic region as the client query.
Configuring a geographic prefix
Using the
You can assign one of the following geographic locations to an IP address prefix:
•North America
•South America
•Europe
•Asia
•Africa
For IPv4:
These commands create a geographic prefix entry with IPv4 address 24.192.0.0, prefix length 24, and geographic region Europe
For IPv6:
These commands create a geographic prefix entry with IPv6 address 2001.db8::, prefix length 64, and geographic region Asia.
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