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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter66 Setting General VPN Parameters
Configuring Load Balancing
hostname(config-load-balancing)# nat 192.168.30.3
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
Configuring the Load Balancing Cluster Attributes
To configure the load-balancing cluster attributes for each device in the cluster, do the following steps:
Step1 Set up VPN load balancing by entering the vpn load-balancing command in global configuration mode:
hostname(config)# vpn load-balancing
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
This enters vpn-load-balancing configuration mode, in which you can configure the remaining
load-balancing attributes.
Step2 Configure the IP address of the cluster to which this device belongs. This command specifies the single
IP address that represents the entire virtual cluster. Choose an IP address that is within the public subnet
address range shared by all the ASAs in the virtual cluster.
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster ip address ip_address
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
For example, to set the cluster IP address to 192.168.10.10, enter the following command:
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster ip address 192.168.10.10
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
Step3 Configure the cluster port.This command specifies the UDP port for the virtual cluster in which this
device is participating. The default value is 9023. If another application is using this port, enter the UDP
destination port number that you want to use for load balancing.
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster port port_number
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
For example, to set the cluster port to 4444, enter the following command:
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster port 4444
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
Step4 (Optional) Enable IPsec encryption for the cluster. The default is no encryption. This command enables
or disables IPsec encryption. If you configure this check attribute, you must first specify and verify a
shared secret.The ASAs in the virtual cluster communicate via LAN-to-LAN tunnels using IPsec. To
ensure that all load-balancing information communicated between the devices is encrypted, enable this
attribute.
hostname(config-load-balancing)# cluster encryption
hostname(config-load-balancing)#