RE: Load Balancing?

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ging,

The AS/400 can perform outbound load-balancing using the Duplicate Route
Priority (DUPRTEPTY) parameter of the ADDTCPRTE command.  If you this
parameter to a value greater than five, and if all of your routes have
the same value, then they will be selected in sequence.  This is
connection-based load balancing and does not consider the actual load on
the interface.

Inbound load balancing cannot be accomplished without some changes to
your network.  At the most basic level, some DNS configurations can
route traffic to multiple IP addresses.  At a more complex (and more
effective) level, you can put an IP load-balancing box on your network
which would handle the routing.  IBM's solution has a good reputation
and is marketed under the name of WebSphere Edge Server.

I realize that the above is very general.  It is a complex topic.  There
is some fairly decent information in the InfoCenter at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/rzajw/rzajwloadba
sics.htm

This is the V5R2 version but most of the information is appropriate for
earlier releases.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> On Behalf Of Ging
> Subject: Load Balancing?
>
> Hi all,
> I have 4 ethernet ports.
> Can AS/400 implement load balancing on them ?
> Thank u in advance.