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Firewall Load Balancing Guide
10 - 2 © 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. May 31, 2012
The default gateway for each ServerIron is its local router interface.
Figure 10.1 IronClad Layer 2 FWLB configuration
To configure IronClad FWLB for Layer 2 firewalls, perform the following tasks.
Table 10.1: Configuration tasks – IronClad FWLB for Layer 2 firewalls
Task See page...
Configure Global Parameters
Configure a switch trunk group for all the ports connected to the firewalls. 10-3
Link
Activi ty
Lin k
Activit y
Power
Con so l e
Active ServerIron-B
1.1.1.40/24
Link
Activi ty
Lin k
Activit y
Power
Con so l e
Link
Activi ty
Lin k
Activit y
Power
Con so l e
Active ServerIron-A
1.1.1.10/24
Port e17
Port e13
Port e1
Port e3
Port e17
Port e2
Port e1
Port e2
Layer 2
Firewall 2 (fw2)
1.1.1.101/24
200.200.200.1/24
Standby ServerIron-B
1.1.1.30/24
Port e1
Port e2
Port e1
Port e2
Link
Activi ty
Lin k
Activit y
Power
Console
Standby ServerIron-A
1.1.1.20/24
1.1.1.1/24
virtual interface
1.1.1.2/24
virtual interface
Port e1
Port e13
Port e13
Port e13
200.200.201.1/24
Layer 2
Firewall 1 (fw1)
1.1.1.100/24
Port e9
Port e2
Port e3
Port e2
Port e1
Port e9
Internet Router
This router has the following
static route:
Network Gateway
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200.200.200.0/24 1.1.1.2
Internal Network Router
This router has the following
default route:
IP address Mask Gateway
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0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 1.1.1.1