Designing Content Switching Solutions

, by Naseh, Zeeshan; Khan, Haroon

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ISBN: 9781587052132 | 158705213X
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Copyright: 1/1/2006

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The definitive guide to designing and deploying content switching solutions in the data centre.

Foreword

xxv

Introduction

xxvi

Part I Server Load Balancing (SLB)

(254)

Introduction to Server Load Balancing

(22)

Why Load Balance?

(3)

Scalability

(1)

Availability and Redundancy

(1)

Security

(1)

Cost Effectiveness

(1)

History of Server Load Balancing

(4)

First-Generation Load Balancers

(1)

Dns-Based Load Balancing

(1)

Ip Anycast

(1)

Second-Generation Load Balancers

(1)

Local Director

(1)

Accelerated SLB

(1)

Ios Slb

(1)

Third-Generation Load Balancers

(1)

Content Services Switch

(1)

Content Switching Module

(1)

Characterization of the Application

(2)

Protocol and Port

(1)

Sessions per Second

(1)

Duration of Transaction

(1)

Concurrent Sessions

(1)

Idle Timeout

(1)

Back End Sessions

(1)

Session Stickiness

(1)

SLB and SLB Modes

(3)

Dispatch Mode

(1)

Directed Mode

(1)

SLB Designs

(5)

Layer 2 Design

(1)

Layer 3 Design

(1)

One-Armed Design

(1)

Policy-Based Routing

(1)

Source NAT

(1)

Direct Server Return

(1)

Deciding on a Load Balancer

Review of Infrastructure Design Concepts

(1)

VLANs

(1)

Stp

(1)

DotlQ Trunking

(1)

Dual Homed Servers

(1)

Summary

(3)

Introduction to the Cisco Content Services Switch

(26)

Css 11500 Platforms Overview

(3)

Css 11501

(1)

Css 11503

(1)

Css 11506

(1)

Css 11500 Architecture

(3)

Distributed Architecture

(2)

Css 11500 Modules

(1)

Switch Control Module for the Cisco 11500

(1)

Ssl Module for the Cisco 11500

(1)

I/O Modules for the Cisco 11500

(1)

Session Accelerator Module for the Cisco 11500

(1)

Load Balancing with Css 11500

(6)

Services, Owners, and Content Rules

(2)

Css 11500 Flow Overview

(1)

Flow Control Block

(1)

Persistent Reset Redirect

(1)

Persistent Reset Remap

(1)

Flow Cleanup

(1)

WebNS Software Features

(5)

Infrastructure-Level Features

(2)

Load-Balancing Algorithms

(1)

High Availability

(1)

Ssl Integration for Security and Performance

(1)

Local and Global Load Balancing

(1)

Site and System Security

(1)

Summary of WebNS Features

(1)

Case Study: Css-Based Solution

(7)

Server and Application Requirements

(1)

Management and Security Requirements

(1)

Infrastructure Requirements

(1)

Design Options

(1)

Http and Https Server Stickiness

(2)

Traffic Flow

(1)

Test and Verification

(1)

Summary

(2)

Introduction to the Cisco Content Switching Module

(30)

Benefits of the Content Switch Module

(1)

Csm Architecture

(2)

Csm Hardware

(1)

Csm Configuration Limits

(1)

Load Balancing with Content Switching Module

(4)

Real Server, Virtual Server, Slb Policy, and More

(1)

Load Balancing Methods

(1)

Vlan Tag

(1)

Client Group (Access Control List)

(1)

Ip Protocol Support

(1)

High Availability

(1)

Connection Redundancy

(1)

User Session Persistence

(1)

A Typical Csm Traffic Flow

(1)

Routing with Csm

(2)

Csm Network Integration Options

(10)

Csm Layer 2 Design---Bridged Mode

(1)

Csm Layer 3 Design I---Routed Mode with MSFC on the Client Side

(2)

Csm Layer 3 Design II---Routed Mode with MSFC on the Server Side

(3)

Csm Layer 3 Design III---One-Armed Csm Design

(3)

Csm Layer 3 Design IV---Direct Server Return

(1)

Case Study: Csm-Based Solution

(8)

Server and Application Requirements

(1)

Management and Security Requirements

(1)

Infrastructure Requirements

(1)

Design Options

(1)

Csm Configurations

(4)

Catalyst 6509 Layer 2 Configurations

(1)

Catalyst 6509 Layer 3 Configurations

(1)

Traffic Flow

(1)

Test and Verification

(1)

Summary

(2)

Layer 7 Load Balancing and Content Customization

(40)

Benefits of Layer 7 Load Balancing

(2)

Scalability and Application Acceleration

(1)

Session Persistence

(1)

Content Customization

(1)

Introduction to Tcp

(7)

Data Segments

(1)

Tcp Headers

(1)

Source and Destination Port

(1)

Sequence Number

(1)

Acknowledgement Number

(1)

Header Length

(1)

Reserved

(1)

Control Bits

(1)

Window

(1)

Checksum

(1)

Urgent Pointer

(1)

Options

(1)

Padding

(1)

Tcp Connection Establishment and Termination

(1)

Tcp Connection Establishment

(1)

Tcp Connection Termination

(1)

Tcp Flow Control

(1)

Tcp Acknowledgements, Retransmission, and Timeout

(1)

Sliding Window

(1)

Introduction to Http

(14)

Protocol Details

(1)

Http Methods

(2)

Url

(1)

Http Cookie

(2)

Http Cookie Parameters

(1)

Http Header Fields

(1)

General Headers

(1)

Request Headers

100

(2)

Response Headers

102

(2)

Entity Headers

104

(1)

Differences Between Http Versions 1.0 and 1.1

105

(1)

Persistent Connections

105

(1)

Chunked Messages

105

(1)

Hostname

106

(1)

Pipelining Requests

106

(1)

Layer 7 Load Balancing Mechanisms

106

(4)

Http Methods-Based Load Balancing

107

(1)

Http Url-Based Load Balancing

107

(1)

Http Cookie-Based Load Balancing

108

(1)

Http Cookie Passive-Based Persistence

109

(1)

Http Cookie Learn-Based Persistence

109

(1)

Http Cookie Insert-Based Persistence

110

(1)

Case Study: Layer 7-Based Solution

110

(10)

Server and Application Requirements

111

(1)

Infrastructure Configuration

111

(1)

Probe Configuration

112

(1)

Online Download Application

113

(1)

Online Shop Application

114

(1)

Online User Profile Application

115

(1)

Maximum Http Request Parse Length

116

(1)

Csm Configuration

117

(3)

Test and Verification

120

(1)

Summary

120

(3)

Firewall Load Balancing

123

(24)

Reasons for and Benefits of FWLB

123

(1)

Scalability

123

(1)

Redundancy

124

(1)

Manageability

124

(1)

Types of Firewalls

124

(5)

Packet-Based Firewalls

125

(1)

Application-Based Firewalls

126

(1)

Application Gateway or Proxy Firewalls

126

(2)

Layer 2 or Stealth Firewalls

128

(1)

Case Study: Firewall Load Balancing

129

(16)

Server and Application Requirements

129

(1)

Security Requirements

130

(1)

Infrastructure Requirements

130

(1)

Fwlb Design Considerations

130

(3)

Fwlb Probes

133

(1)

Traffic to the Firewalls

134

(1)

Traffic from the Firewalls

134

(1)

Router or Secure Mode

135

(1)

Bridge Mode

135

(1)

FWLB Algorithms

136

(1)

Configuration Details of the INET Segment

136

(1)

Csm Configurations

136

(2)

Catalyst 6509 Layer 3 Configurations

138

(1)

Configuration Details of the DMZ Segment

139

(1)

Csm Configurations

139

(2)

Catalyst 6509 Layer 3 Configurations

141

(1)

Configuration Details of the LAN Segment

142

(1)

Csm Configurations

142

(2)

Catalyst 6509 Layer 3 Configurations

144

(1)

Test and Verification

144

(1)

Summary

145

(2)

Transparent and Proxy Cache Load Balancing

147

(36)

Benefits of Caching

147

(1)

Caching Overview

147

(2)

Caching Terminology

148

(1)

Mechanics of Http Caching

149

(2)

Http Response Status Code

149

(1)

Http Request Methods

150

(1)

Http Cache-Control Directives

150

(1)

Expiration and Validation

150

(1)

Request Authentication

151

(1)

Cisco Application Content Networking and Caching

151

(3)

ACNS Roles

152

(1)

ACNS Content Types

153

(1)

Content Engine Architecture

153

(1)

Transparent Caching Modes

154

(7)

WCCP Protocols

156

(1)

WCCP Version 1

156

(1)

WCCP Version 2

157

(3)

Redirection with the Css

160

(1)

Ip Spoofing

161

(1)

Proxy Caching Overview

161

(2)

Server Proxy (Reverse Proxy Caching)

163

(2)

Supported Protocols on the Content Engine

165

(1)

Authentication and Management on the Content Engine

165

(1)

Content Engine Models

166

(1)

Case Study: Content Engine in a Transparent Caching-Based Solution

167

(14)

Design Requirements

167

(1)

Design Options

168

(1)

Layer 2 Redirection

168

(2)

Http Configuration

170

(6)

Url Filtering Configuration with Local Lists

176

(2)

Configuration Details

178

(3)

Summary

181

(2)

Load Balancing Streaming Video Servers

183

(22)

Benefits of Load Balancing Streaming Video Servers

183

(1)

Scalability

183

(1)

Redundancy

183

(1)

Introduction to Streaming

184

(2)

Video Streaming Clients and Protocols

184

(1)

Methods of Video Stream Initiation

185

(1)

Types of Streaming Video Servers

186

(2)

Apple QuickTime

186

(1)

RealMedia

187

(1)

Windows Media Technology

187

(1)

Streaming Video Protocols

188

(2)

Microsoft Media Server (MMS)

188

(1)

Microsoft Media Server - Universal Datagram Protocol (MMSU)

188

(1)

Microsoft Media Server - Transmission Control Protocol (MMST)

188

(1)

Microsoft Media Server over Http

189

(1)

RTP and RTSP

189

(1)

Case Study: Load-Balancing Solution for Video Streaming

190

(13)

Css-Based Solution

191

(1)

QuickTime Video Stream: Session Flow

192

(1)

QuickTime Load Balancing: First Failure Scenario

193

(1)

QuickTime Load Balancing: Second Failure Scenario

194

(2)

QuickTime Load Balancing

196

(1)

Css Configuration Details

197

(1)

MSFC Configuration Details for the Css-Based Solution

198

(1)

HTML Code Used in the Solution

199

(1)

Csm-Based Solution

200

(1)

QuickTime Load Balancing

201

(1)

Csm Configuration Details

201

(1)

Msfc Configuration Details for the Csm-Based Solution

202

(1)

Summary

203

(2)

Virtual Private Network Load Balancing

205

(18)

Benefits of VPN Load Balancing

205

(2)

Introduction to Virtual Private Networks

207

(1)

Virtual Private Network Protocols

208

(3)

Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE)

209

(1)

Esp and Ah

210

(1)

Authentication Header (AH)

210

(1)

The Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

211

(1)

Case Study: VPN Load-Balanced Solution

211

(10)

Ike Requirements

211

(1)

Esp Requirements

212

(1)

IPsec over Udp Requirements

212

(1)

Design Options

213

(1)

Directed Mode Solution

213

(1)

Csm Configurations for Directed Mode

214

(2)

Csm show Commands for Directed Mode

216

(1)

IPsec Router Configurations for Directed Mode

217

(1)

Dispatch Mode Solution

217

(2)

Csm Configurations for Dispatch Mode

219

(1)

Csm Show Commands for Dispatch Mode

220

(1)

IPsec Router Configurations for Dispatch Mode

220

(1)

Summary

221

(2)

Content Switching Device Migrations

223

(34)

Motivation Behind Migration

223

(3)

Evolution of Load Balancing

223

(1)

Advanced Load-Balancing Methods

224

(1)

Scalability and Performance

224

(1)

Software Features and Functionality

225

(1)

Migration Planning

226

(10)

Migration Team

226

(1)

Project Manager

226

(1)

Content Engineer

227

(2)

Network Operations Engineer

229

(1)

Core (Layer 2/Layer 3) Engineer

229

(1)

Application Administrator

229

(1)

Fallback Plan

230

(1)

Methods and Procedures for the Maintenance Window

231

(4)

Application Testing

235

(1)

Case Study: Migration from Css to Csm

236

(19)

Infrastructure Requirements

237

(1)

Css and Csm Mode of Operation

237

(1)

Server's Default Gateway

237

(1)

Redundancy and Fault Tolerance

237

(1)

Server and Application Requirements

238

(1)

Migration Configuration and Design Details

238

(2)

Css and Csm Mode of Operation

240

(1)

Redundancy and Fault Tolerance

241

(2)

Ready for Migration

243

(2)

Source Ip Sticky Configuration

245

(1)

Layer 5 Content Rules

246

(1)

Port Mapping or Port Redirection

247

(1)

Keepalives

248

(2)

Css Configurations

250

(2)

Csm Configurations

252

(3)

Summary

255

(2)

Part II Secure Socket Layer

257

(68)

Ssl Offloading

259

(34)

Introduction to Ssl

259

(9)

Public Key Cryptography

260

(1)

Ssl Certificates

261

(2)

Ssl Protocol Communication

263

(3)

Ssl Protocol Structure

266

(1)

Ssl Protocol Versions

267

(1)

Introduction to SSLMs

268

(7)

Sslm for the Catalyst 6500

269

(1)

Sslm Deployments

270

(1)

Sslm in Bridge Mode with the Csm

271

(1)

Sslm in Routed Mode with the Csm

272

(1)

Sslm on the Css

272

(2)

Ssl Flows on the Css-Sslm

274

(1)

Case Study: Csm and Sslm-Based Solution

275

(16)

Design Requirements

275

(1)

Design Details of a Csm and an Sslm-Based Solution

276

(1)

Sslm Certificate Management

277

(4)

Sslm and Csm Flow Overview

281

(1)

Client Connection to the Csm

282

(1)

Csm Connection to the Sslm

282

(2)

Sslm to the Csm

284

(1)

Csm Connection to the Server

285

(1)

Configuration Details

286

(1)

Csm Configuration

286

(1)

Sslm Configuration---Primary

287

(2)

Sslm Configuration---Secondary

289

(2)

Summary

291

(2)

Back-End Ssl Offloading

293

(32)

Back-End Ssl on Modules

293

(11)

Back-End Ssl on the Sslm for the Catalyst 6500

294

(6)

Back-End Ssl on the Sslm on the Css

300

(4)

Case Study: Back-End Ssl Solution

304

(19)

Requirements

304

(1)

Design Options

305

(1)

Sslm Certificate Management

306

(4)

Sslm and Csm Flow Overview

310

(2)

Client Connection to the Csm

312

(1)

Csm Connection to the Sslm

312

(2)

Sslm to the Csm

314

(1)

Csm to the Sslm

315

(1)

Sslm to the Server (via Csm)

316

(2)

Configuration Details

318

(5)

Summary

323

(2)

Part III Distributed Data Centers

325

(90)

Global Server Load Balancing

327

(52)

Motivation for Gslb

327

(1)

Domain Name System (Dns) Overview

328

(6)

Dns Architecture Components

329

(1)

Dns Resolution Process

330

(1)

Dns Resource Records and Zones

331

(1)

Resource Records

331

(1)

Zones

331

(1)

Types of Dns Queries

332

(2)

Global Site Selector

334

(19)

Gslb Using Gss

334

(2)

Gss Features and Performance

336

(1)

Gss Roles

337

(2)

Gss Dns Rules

339

(2)

Gss Balance Methods

341

(2)

Gss Domains

343

(1)

Gss Answers

344

(3)

Gss Keepalives

347

(2)

Gss Resources, Locations, Regions, and Owners

349

(3)

Gss Dns Stickiness

352

(1)

Gss Network Proximity

352

(1)

Case Study: Gslb Solution Using Gss

353

(24)

Requirements

354

(1)

Topology

354

(1)

Gss Network Setup

355

(1)

Primary GSSM

356

(1)

Secondary GSSM

357

(1)

Gss Secondary GSSM Activation

358

(1)

Css Setup in Primary Data Center

359

(1)

Css Setup in Secondary Data Center

360

(1)

Gss Setup for the www.roundrobin.com Domain

360

(1)

Gss Dns Rule Configuration for www.roundrobin.com

360

(7)

Gss Dns Rule Testing for www.roundrobin.com

367

(2)

Gss Tcp Keepalive for the www.roundrobin.com Domain

369

(1)

Gss Setup for the www.sticky.com Domain

370

(3)

Gss Dns Rule Testing for www.sticky.com

373

(1)

Configuration Details

374

(3)

Summary

377

(2)

Ip-Based Gslb Using RHI

379

(36)

Benefits of Using RHI

379

(1)

Architecture

379

(1)

Active/Standby Site-to-Site Recovery

380

(2)

Autonomous System Prepending

381

(1)

BGP Conditional Advertisements

381

(1)

Design Limitations

382

(1)

Implementation Details for Active/Standby Scenarios

382

(10)

AS Prepending

383

(1)

Primary Site Configuration

384

(1)

Standby Site Configuration

385

(1)

BGP Conditional Advertisement

386

(2)

Primary Site Configuration

388

(2)

Standby Site Configuration

390

(2)

Active/Active Site-to-Site Load Distribution

392

(1)

Implementation Details for Active/Active Scenarios

393

(20)

OSPF Route Redistribution and Summarization

394

(1)

BGP Route Redistribution and Route Preference

395

(1)

BGP Configuration of Primary Site Edge Router

395

(1)

BGP Configuration of Secondary Site Edge Router

396

(1)

Load Balancing Without IGP Between Sites

397

(1)

Routes During Steady State

398

(1)

Routes After All Servers on the Primary Site Are Down

398

(1)

Limitations and Restrictions

399

(1)

Subnet-Based Load Balancing Using IGP Between Sites

400

(1)

Changing IGP Cost for Site Maintenance

400

(1)

Routes During Steady State

401

(2)

Limitations and Restrictions

403

(1)

Application-Based Load Balancing Using IGP Between Sites

403

(1)

Configuration on Primary Site

404

(1)

Configuration on Secondary Site

404

(1)

Routes During Steady State

405

(1)

Limitations and Restrictions

406

(1)

Using NAT in Active/Active Load-Balancing Solutions

406

(1)

Primary Site Edge Router Configuration

407

(1)

Secondary Site Edge Router Configuration

408

(1)

Steady State Routes

409

(3)

Routes When Servers in Primary Data Center Goes Down

412

(1)

Summary

413

(2)

Part IV Data Center Designs

415

(64)

Scaling Server Load Balancing within a Data Center

417

(26)

Benefits of Scaling Content Switching

417

(1)

Scalability

417

(1)

Performance

418

(1)

Scaling Methodologies

418

(1)

Distribution of Applications

419

(1)

Using Dns for Application Scalability

419

(1)

Using Route Health Injection for Application Scalability

419

(1)

Application Distribution Approach

419

(1)

Dns-Based Scaling Approach

420

(2)

Predictable Traffic Flow

422

(1)

Ease of Management and Maintenance

422

(1)

RHI-Based Scaling Approach

422

(4)

Csm RHI Configuration

424

(1)

MSEC RHI Configuration and Routes

425

(1)

Scaling Beyond Server Capacity

426

(1)

Case Study: Scalable SLB Environment

426

(15)

Server and Application Requirements

427

(1)

Management and Security Requirements

427

(1)

Infrastructure Requirements

427

(1)

Dns-Based Design

428

(1)

Csm-1 Configuration for Dns-Based Solution

429

(2)

Csm-2 Configuration for Dns-Based Solution

431

(2)

RHI-Based Design

433

(1)

Csm-1 Configuration for RHI-Based Solution

434

(1)

Csm-2 Configuration for RHI-Based Solution

435

(2)

Testing Maximum Connections

437

(1)

Test Case 1

437

(1)

Test Case 2

438

(1)

Test Case 3

439

(2)

Summary

441

(2)

Integrated Data Center Designs

443

(36)

Motivations Behind Integrated Data Center Designs

443

(1)

Data Center Design 1: FWSM in the Core and Layer 3 Csm in Aggregation

444

(3)

Design 1 Topology Details

444

(2)

Design 1 Details

446

(1)

Design 1 Configuration Details

446

(1)

Data Center Design 2: Layer 3 FWSM and Layer 2 Csm in Aggregation

447

(3)

Design 2 Topology Details

447

(2)

Design 2 Caveats

449

(1)

Design 2 Configuration Details

450

(1)

Data Center Design 3: Layer 3 FWSM and Layer 2 Csm in Aggregation

450

(3)

Design

(448)

Topology Details

451

(1)

Design 3 Caveats

452

(1)

Design 3 Configuration Details

453

(1)

Data Center Design 4: Layer 3 FWSM and Layer 2 Csm in Aggregation

453

(4)

Design 4 Topology Details

454

(1)

Design 4 Caveats

455

(1)

Design 4 Configuration Details

456

(1)

Case Study: Integrated Data Center Design

457

(20)

Design Details

458

(2)

Primary Css (Css 11506--1) Configuration Details

460

(5)

Backup Css (Css 11506--2) Configuration Details

465

(1)

Catalyst 6509 Configuration Details

465

(3)

Layer 2 Port-Channel Configuration Details

468

(1)

NAT Configuration Details

468

(2)

Policy-Based Routing Configuration Details

470

(1)

FWSM Configuration Details

470

(2)

DMZWeb Virtual Context

472

(1)

DMZApp Virtual Context

473

(1)

Outside Virtual Context

474

(1)

Inside Virtual Context

475

(2)

Summary

477

(2)

Index

479

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Designing Content Switching Solutions

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