Lab goal
Configure Alteon to serve IPv6 clients. The servers should use IPv4.
The IPv6 VIP should be fc00:85::10.
The IPv6 VIP should be fc00:85::10.
Setup
The loadbalancer is Radware's Alteon VA version 29.5.1.0
The initial Alteon VA configuration can be found here.
Below is the IPv4 real servers configuration which we will use as a base config.
Below is the IPv4 real servers configuration which we will use as a base config.
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ena
ipver v4
rip 10.136.85.1
/c/slb/real 2
ena
ipver v4
rip 10.136.85.2
/c/slb/real 3
ena
ipver v4
rip 10.136.85.3
/c/slb/group 10
ipver v4
add 1
add 2
add 3
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Alteon configuration
All we need to do is create a new virt/VIP and assign it with IPv6 address.
Notice that we need the pip which is Proxy IP, a.k.a SNAT. Since we translating from IPv6 to IPv4 we need Alteon to act as a proxy and for that it needs IPv4 address to communicate with the real servers.
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ena
ipver v6
vip fc00:85:0:0:0:0:0:10
/c/slb/virt v6_85_10/service 80 http
group 10
rport 80
dbind forceproxy
/c/slb/virt v6_85_10/service 80 http/pip
mode address
addr v4 10.136.85.200 255.255.255.255 persist disable
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Notice that we need the pip which is Proxy IP, a.k.a SNAT. Since we translating from IPv6 to IPv4 we need Alteon to act as a proxy and for that it needs IPv4 address to communicate with the real servers.
Test
Summary
That was really simple, wasn't it? Just change the virt/VIP to be IPv6 and we have IPv6 to IPv6 gateway.
