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Corporate Headquarters: Copyright © 20 0 1 . Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA Catalyst 6000 Family Cont ent Switching Module Installation and Configuration Note Product N umber: WS-X6066-SLB-APC This publication co ntains the procedures for installing an d configuring [...]

2 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Overview • Regulatory Stan dards Compliance, page 54 • T ranslated Safety W arnings, page 54 • Related Documentati on, page 58 • Obtaining Documen tation, page 59 • Obtaining T echnical A ssistance, page 60 Overview The CSM provides hi[...]

3 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Overview These sections describe the CSM: • Features, page 3 • Front Panel Description , page 4 • Operation Mode, page 5 • Client-to-CSM-to-Serve r Traf f ic Flow , page 7 Features Ta b l e 1 describes the features of the CSM. T a ble 1 [...]

4 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Overview Front Panel Description The CSM front panel features are shown in Figure 1 . Figure 1 Content Switching Module Fr ont Panel Note The RJ-45 connector is covered b y a remov able plate. Status LED When the CSM po wers up, it initializes v[...]

5 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Overview RJ-45 Connector The RJ-45 connector on the front panel provides a c onnection poi nt for a management station or test device. The RJ-45 connector is co vered by a remov able plate. T ypically , this co nnector is used by field engineers[...]

6 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Overview When the client-side and server-side VLANs are on the same subnets, you can conf igure the CSM in single subnet (bridge) mode. For more informat ion, see the “Single Su bnet (Bridge) Mode Config uration” section on page 35 . When th[...]

7 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Overview Client-to-CSM-to-Server Traffic Flow This section describes ho w the traf f ic flows betwee n the client and server in a CSM en vironment. (See Figure 3 .) Figur e 3 Client-to-Content S witchin g Mo dule-to-Server T raf fic Flow Note Th[...]

8 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Safety Overview Safety Overview Safety warnings appear throu ghout this publication in pr ocedures that, if performed incorrect ly , may harm you. A warning s ymbol pre cedes each warning statement. War nin g This warning symbol mea ns danger . [...]

9 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 System Requirements War nin g Before you install, operate, or service the sy stem, read the Site Preparation and Safety Guide . This guide contains important safety in formation you should know before workin g with the sy stem. War nin g Only tr[...]

10 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 System Requir ements Hardware Supported Before you can use th e CSM, you must ha ve a Supervis or Engine 1A with an MSFC and a Poli cy Feature Card (PFC), or a Supervisor En gine 2 with an MSFC, and any module with ports to connect serv er and [...]

11 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Required Tools Software Requirements Catalyst 6000 family CSM software release 1.1(1) requires Cisco IOS Release 12.1( 6)E or 12.1(7)E. Catalyst 6000 family CSM software release 1.2(1) requires Cisco IOS Release 12.1( 8a)E or later only . Requi[...]

12 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Installing the Cont ent Switching Module • Catalyst 6000 fa mily switch chassis • Servers that are connected to the Catalyst 6000 fa mily switch through a bridged or a routed connection • Management station that is av ailable thro ugh a T[...]

13 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Installing the Cont ent Switching Module Figure 4 Slot Numbers on Catalyst 60 00 F ami ly S witches Step 3 Check that there is enough clea rance to accommodate any interfac e equipment that you will connect directly to the supervisor engine or [...]

14 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Installing the Cont ent Switching Module Step 4 Loosen the capti ve instal lation screws that secure the switching-module filler plate (or an existing switching module) to the desir ed slot. Step 5 Remov e the switching-module f iller plate (or[...]

15 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Verifying the Installation Figur e 6 Ejector Lev ers and Captive Installation Scr ews Step 9 Using the thumb and fo refinger of each hand, simult aneously push in the left and ri ght lev ers to fully seat the C SM in the backpl ane connector . [...]

16 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Upgrading to a New Software Release Using the Command-Line Interface The software interface for the CSM is the Cisco IOS i nterface. T o understand the Cisco IOS command-line interf ace and Cisco IOS command modes, refer to Chapter 2 in the Cat[...]

17 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Upgrading to a New Software Release Caution Y ou must enter the exit command to terminate sessions with the CSM being up graded. If you do not terminate t he session and you remove the CSM fro m the Catalyst 6000 family chassis, you cannot issu[...]

18 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Upgrading to a New Software Release Upgrading from a PCMCIA Card Upgrade the CSM from a re mo vable Flash (PCMCIA) card inserted in the supervisor engine as fol lows: Step 1 Enable the TFTP server to supply the image from the remov able Flash c[...]

19 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module Step 6 Enter the show command as described in “Configuring V LANs” section on page 21 to v erify the configuration. Step 7 Make a T elnet connection into the CSM with the session CSM-slot-number 0 c[...]

20 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Content Switching Module If the Multilayer Switch Fun ction Card (MSFC) is used on the ne xt hop router on either the cl ient or the server side VLAN, then the correspondi ng Layer 3 VLAN interface must be configured. Caution Th[...]

21 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module Config ure the required paramete rs in the fo llowing sections: • Conf iguring VLANs, page 21 • Config uring Server F arms, page 24 • Config uring Real Servers, p age 25 • Config uring Policies,[...]

22 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Content Switching Module Figure 8 Configuring VLANs See Figure 8 for the follo wing notes: Note *Any router configured as a client-side gateway or a next hop router for serv ers more than one hop away must hav e ICMP redirects d[...]

23 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module Configuring Client-Side VLANs T o conf igure client-side VLANs, perform this task: Caution Y ou cannot use VLAN 1 as a client-side or server-side VLAN for the CSM. This exampl e shows ho w to conf ig ur[...]

24 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Content Switching Module This example sho ws how to conf igure the CSM for server-side VLANs: Router(config)# ip slb vlan 150 server Router(config-slb-vlan-server)# ip addr 123.46.50.6 255.255.255.0 Router(config-slb-vlan-server[...]

25 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module This exampl e shows ho w to conf igure a server f arm, named p1_nat, using the least-co nnections ( leastconns ) algorithm. The least-connecti ons algorithm specifies wh ich real server handles the ne x[...]

26 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Content Switching Module This e xample sho ws how to create real serv ers: Router(config)# ip slb serverfarm serverfarm Router(config-slb-sfarm)# real 10.8.0.7 Router(config-slb-real)# inservice Router(config-slb-sfarm)# real 10[...]

27 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module This exampl e shows ho w to conf igur e load-balancing policies and a ssociate them to virtual servers: Router(config)# ip slb policy policy_sticky_ck Router(config-slb-policy)# serverfarm pl_sticky Rou[...]

28 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Content Switching Module T o add a cookie map, perform this task: This exampl e shows ho w to conf igure ma ps and associate them with a policy: Router(config)# ip slb map url_1 url Router(config-slb-map-url)# match protocol htt[...]

29 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module Router(config-slb-sfarm)# real 10.8.0.27 Router(config-slb-real)# inservice Router(config-slb-real)# exit Router(config-slb-sfarm)# exit Router(config)# ip slb policy policy_url_2 Router(config-slb-poli[...]

30 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Content Switching Module Configuring Virtual Servers V i rtual serv ers repres ent groups of real servers an d are associated with real server farms through policies. Conf iguring virtual serv ers requires setting the attrib ute[...]

31 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module This exampl e shows ho w to conf igure a virtual server named barnett, associate it with the server farm named bosco, and conf igure a sticky conn ection with a duration of 50 seconds to sticky group 12[...]

32 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Content Switching Module T o conf igure DFP , perform this task: Note A DFP agent may be on any host machine. A DFP ag ent is inde pendent of the IP addresses an d port numbers of the real servers that are managed b y the agent.[...]

33 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring the Cont ent Switching Module This example sho ws how to conf igure redirect virtual servers to specify virtual servers to real servers in a server farm: Router (config)# ip slb serverfarm FARM1 Router (config-slb-sfarm)# redirect-v[...]

34 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Writing and Restorin g Configurations This exampl e shows ho w to conf igure client N A T pools: Router(config)# ip slb natpool pool1 102.36.445.2 102.36.16.8 netmask 255.255.255.0 Router(config)# ip slb serverfarm farm1 Router(config-slb-sfarm[...]

35 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Example s Configuration Examples Caution All examples assume that the ip slb mode csm command has been entered as described in “Configuring the Content Switch ing Module” section on page 1 9 . These examples sho w ho w to conf[...]

36 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Examples Note Y ou conf igure single subnet (bridge) mode b y assi gning the same IP address to the CSM client and server VLANs. T o conf igure Content Switching for th e single subnet (bridge) mode, perf orm this task: Note Set t[...]

37 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Example s Secure (Router) Mode Configuration In secure (router) mode, the client- and se rv er-side VLANs are on diff erent subnets. Figure 10 shows ho w the secure (router) mode conf iguration is set up. Figur e 1 0 Secur e (Rout[...]

38 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Examples Note Set the server’ s default routes to th e CSM’ s IP address (192.158.39.10) . Fault-Tolerant Configuration This section descri bes a fault-tolerant conf iguration. In th is configuration, t wo separate Catalyst 60[...]

39 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Example s Figure 1 1 QoS Configuration T opology W ithout this conf iguration, 802.1 Q priority information is not preserv ed in packets tra ver sing through to the switch. Heartbeat messag es sent from the primary to the secondar[...]

40 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Examples In the faul t-tolerant configu ration, the follow ing rules apply: Because each CSM has a different IP address on th e client- and server -side VLAN, the CSM can issue health mo nitor probes (see th e “Con figuring Prob[...]

41 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Example s Figure 12 F ault-T olerant Configuration Note The addresses in Figure 12 refer to the steps in the follo wing two task tables. T o conf igure the primary (A) CSM for fault to lerance, perform this task (see Figure 12 ): [...]

42 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Examples T o conf igure the secondary (B) CSM for f ault tolerance, perform this task (see Figure 12 ): Step 5 Router(config-slb-vserver)# virtual 192.158.38.30 tcp www Create a virtual IP address. Step 6 Router(config)# ip slb vl[...]

43 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Example s Configuring HSRP This section pro vides an ov erview of a Hot Standby Router Protocol ( HSRP) configuration (see Figure 13 ) and describes how to configure the CSMs with H SRP and CSM failov er on the Catalyst 6000 f ami[...]

44 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Examples Figur e 13 HSRP Configuration Creating the HSRP Gateway This procedure describes ho w to cr eate an HSRP gatew ay for the client-side network. The gateway is HSRP ID 2 for the cl ient-side network. Note In this example, H[...]

45 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuration Example s Configuring CSM VLANs This section descri bes how to create a f ault-tolera nt HSRP secure-mode configuration. T o create a nonsecure-mode configuration, enter the commands described with these exceptions: • Assign the[...]

46 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Probes for He alth Monitoring Step 3 Config ure EtherChannel on both switches as follo ws: interface Port-channel100 switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport trunk allowed vlan 136 Note By default, all VLAN' s[...]

47 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Probes for Health Monitoring After you conf igure a probe, associate single or multiple p robes with a server f arm. All servers in the server f arm receiv e probes of the probe types that ar e associated with that pool. Note If you[...]

48 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Probes for He alth Monitoring Commands Available to all Probe Configurations These commands are common to all probe t ypes: HTTP Probe An HTTP probe establishes an HTTP connection to a re al serv er and then sends an HTTP request an[...]

49 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Probes for Health Monitoring ICMP Probe An ICMP probe sends an ICMP echo (for e xample, ping) to the real serv er . The ip slb pr obe icmp command enters the ICMP probe conf iguration mode. All t he common ip slb probe commands are [...]

50 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Probes for He alth Monitoring TCP Probe A TCP probe establishes an d remov es connections. The ip slb probe tcp command enters the TCP probe confi guration mode. All the common ip slb pr obe commands are supporte d. FTP, SMTP, and T[...]

51 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Route Health Injection T o specify the domain name resolve reque st, perform this task: Configuring Route Health Injection These sections describe the route health injection (RHI ): • Understanding RHI, page 51 • Config uring RH[...]

52 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Route Health Injection Note On po wer-up with RHI enabled , the CSM se nds a message to the MSFC as each VIP address becomes av ailable. The MSFC periodically propagates the VIP addre ss av ailability informat ion that RHI p ro vide[...]

53 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Configuring Route Health Injection Understanding How the CSM Dete rmines VIP Availability For the CSM to determine if a VIP is av ailable, yo u must configure a probe (HTTP , ICMP , T elnet, TCP , FTP , SMTP , or DNS) and associate it with a se[...]

54 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Regulatory Standards Compliance Regulatory Standards Compliance Catalyst 6000 family switching modules, when inst alled in a system, comply with the stan dards listed in Ta b l e 4 . Translated Safety Warnings Safety Information Referral Warnin[...]

55 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Translated Safety Warning s Wrist Strap Warning Attention Avant d 'installer le sy stème, de l'utiliser ou d'assurer son entretien, veuillez lire le Guide de sécurité et de préparation du site . Celui-ci présente des informa[...]

56 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Translated Safety Warnings Blank Faceplate Installation Requirement Warning Attention Lors de cette procédure, toujours porter des bracelets antistatiques pour éviter que des décharges électriques n’endom magent la carte. Pour éviter l?[...]

57 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Translated Safety Warning s V aroitus T yhjillä kansilaatoilla (peitelevyillä ) on kolme tehtävää: ne suojaavat vaarallisilta asennuspohjan sisäisiltä jännitteiltä ja virroilta; suojaavat sähkömagnee ttiselta häiriöltä (EMI), joka[...]

58 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Related Documentation Qualified Personnel Warning Related Documentation For more detail ed installation and conf iguration informat ion, refer to th e follo wing publications: • Site Pr eparati on and Safety Guide • Catalyst 6000 F a mil y [...]

59 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Obtaining Documentation Obtaining Documentation The follo wing sections pro vide sources for obtaining documentation from Cisco Systems. World Wide Web Y ou can access the most current Cisco documentatio n on the W orld Wide W eb at the follo w[...]

60 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Obtaining Technica l Assistance Obtaining Technical Assistance Cisco provides Cisco.com as a st arting point for a ll technical assistance. Customers and partners can obtain documen tation, troubleshooting ti ps, and sample conf igurations from[...]

61 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Obtaining Technical Assistance Contacting TAC by Telephone If you ha ve a priorit y lev el 1(P1) or priority le ve l 2 (P2) problem, contact T A C by telephone and immediatel y open a case. T o obtain a directory o f to ll-free numbers for your[...]

62 Catalyst 6000 Family Content Switching Mo dule Installation and Configuration Note 78-11631-02 Rev. A0 Obtaining Technica l Assistance This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed i n the “Related Documentation” section. AccessPath, AtmD irector, Browse with Me, CCIP, CCSI, CD-PAC, CiscoLink , the Cis co Powered Netwo[...]