Cisco Systems 78-11741-02 Mnlb Forwarding Agent Configuration Task List, Enabling CEF, IPC-116

Configuring IP Services

Configuring the MultiNode Load Balancing Forwarding Agent

Configure the Forwarding Agent only if you are installing the MNLD Feature Set for LocalDirector. If you are installing the MNLD Feature Set for LocalDirector, refer to the MultiNode Load Balancing Feature Set for LocalDirector User Guide for information about which other hardware and software components are required.

The MNLB Forwarding Agent is an implementation of the Cisco ContentFlow architecture flow delivery agent (FDA).

Refer to the MultiNode Load Balancing Feature Set for LocalDirector User Guide for more information about how the Forwarding Agent is configured and for more information about the product.

MNLB Forwarding Agent Configuration Task List

The configure the MNLB Forwarding Agent, perform the tasks described in the following sections. The tasks are all required except for the task in the second section, which is optional but strongly recommended.

•Enabling CEF (Required)

•Enabling NetFlow Switching (Optional but strongly recommended)

•Enabling IP Multicast Routing (Required)

•Configuring the Router as a Forwarding Agent (Required)

Enabling CEF

CEF is advanced Layer 3 IP switching technology. CEF optimizes network performance and scalability for networks with large and dynamic traffic patterns, such as the Internet, on networks characterized by intensive Web-based applications, or interactive sessions.

To enable CEF, use the following command in global configuration mode:

Command	Purpose
Router(config)# ip cef distributed	Enables CEF.

Note When you enable CEF globally, all interfaces that support CEF are enabled by default. If you want to turn off CEF on a particular interface, you can do so.

Refer to the “Cisco Express Forwarding” part of the Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide for more information on how to configure CEF.

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide

IPC-116