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SSHSSH_97332
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Oct 31, 2012

Radius Load BNalancing & persistence

i want to load balance radius opacktes Received from radius server to datbase servers , also i want to persist connection sothat one user accouting packets sent from radius go to the same database server , my questions are :

 

1- i found i need to use Radius profiles :

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/prod...ml1226620

 

does this perisist based on attribute ? if yse so it says that at "persist attribute " i need to specify : attribute/value pair or code , i need an example how to type this attribute/value pair at GUI box ? and what is meant by code ?

 

2- will this profile load balance , or i need to choose loada balancing method from under Pool ( because guide above says : ( When you configure a RADIUS type of profile, the BIG-IP system can send client-initiated RADIUS messages to load balancing servers. The BIG-IP system can also ensure that those messages are persisted on the servers ) . so it syas that thsi profile will load balance ?

 

 

 

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  • What_Lies_Bene1's avatar
    What_Lies_Bene1
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Oct 31, 2012
    You can find a list of AVP names here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUSAttribute_value_pairs

     

     

    This SOL suggests that you still need to select a load balancing method at the Pool level: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/100/sol12140.html?sr=24980010
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Nov 01, 2012
    is traffic from radius to database server radius?

    for persist attribute, it is avp type. avp 1 is user-name (e.g. john). 

    [root@ve10:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   snat automap
   pool foo
   destination 172.28.19.79:1812
   ip protocol 17
   profiles {
      myradius {}
      udp {}
   }
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b profile myradius list
profile radius myradius {
   defaults from radiusLB
   persist avp "1"
}

[root@ve10:Active] config  b persist show all
PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS
|     Mode universal   Value john
|        virtual 172.28.19.79:1812   node 172.28.19.251:1812   age 2sec