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Revision as of 14:01, 3 May 2009
Contents
Purpose of GLBP
- The purpose of GLBP is to ensure network connectivity in case of Router or access circuit failure. GLBP automatically Load balances the load from the IP traffic sources.
- Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that attempts to overcome the limitations of existing redundant router protocols by adding basic load balancing functionality.
Other high availability protocols
GLBP functions
- Active virtual gateway (AVG): Members of a GLBP group elect one gateway to be the AVG for that group. Other group members provide backup for the AVG if the AVG becomes unavailable. The AVG assigns a virtual MAC address to each member of the group.
- Active virtual forwarder (AVF): Each gateway assumes responsibility for forwarding packets sent to the virtual MAC address assigned to it by the AVG. These gateways are known as AVFs for their virtual MAC address.
- Communication: GLBP members communicate with each other using hello messages sent every 3 seconds to the multicast address 224.0.0.102, User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 3222.
GLBP features
- Load sharing: Traffic from LAN clients can be shared by multiple routers.
- Multiple virtual routers: Up to 1,024 virtual routers (GLBP groups) can be on each physical interface of a router, and there can be up to four virtual forwarders per group.
- Preemption: You can preempt an AVG with a higher priority backup virtual gateway. Forwarder preemption works in a similar way, except that it uses weighting instead of priority and is enabled by default.
- Efficient resource utilization: Any router in a group can serve as a backup, which eliminates the need for a dedicated backup router because all available routers can support network traffic.
How does GLBP work
GLBP RolesAVG - Active Virtual GatewayThe Router with the highest priority is chosen as the AVG. The AVG has the responsebility of assigning MAC addresses to the AVF Routers. AVF - Active Virtual ForwarderThe AVF Routers Route traffic from the connected clients. Each AVF is assigned its own MAC-Address. The MAC-Address is assigned from the AVG. |
