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Port Alias`s provide the ability to bind a single Real Server to multiple Virtual Servers. This is achieved via the real-port option from within the bind command. Below shows an example, Create Real Server First the Real Server is created with a port alias. Here the real port will be port 80 and the alias … Read more
Though the Cisco CSS does not provide a direct command to display the CPU usage on a per process basis, this can be achieved via the following commands from within the llama debug utility. CSS# llama CSS(debug)# symbol-table load SPRITZ CSS(debug)# shell 1 1 spy CSS(debug)# shell 1 1 spyReport CSS(debug)# shell 1 1 spyStop … Read more
Summary Typically health-checks are assigned on a per virtual server basis. However this can become cumbersome if you have a large number of virtual servers configured.Via the use of a Port Policy health-checks are configured within the Port Policy. The Port Policy is then assigned to multiple Virtual Servers. Syntax Below shows the required commands … Read more
Below is a python function that I created. The purpose of this function is to print correctly aligned columns using variable length items. The result is that you can pass the function a list (or list of lists), the same list is returned with each item padded to the maximum item length within the relating … Read more
The Cisco CSS offers 2 address translation methods ; source groups and destination groups. Source Group When a connection is initiated outbound through the Cisco CSS (from any of the group services) the source IP is translated to the groups VIP address.Source group servers are defined using the add service [service name] command. Example : … Read more
The following commands are based upon Brocade ADX 12.4. Show Commands show ip int show interface(s) ip`s show default values show defaults show server global show global configured parameters show ip vrrp-extended brief show cluster status show server real show real server stats show server real http [real server] show real server http details for … Read more
Below provides the steps rename a virtual server, pool or any other object within the configuration of a F5 LTM. The steps provided involve the editing of the (bigip.conf) configuration file. This file is then verified for any potential issues before it is loaded and committed to the F5 LTM`s running configuration. Backup Configuration First … Read more
The following commands are based upon F5 LTM 10.1.0 (and higher) bigpipe bigtop show statistic summary b self show show self IP`s b vlan show show vlans b interface show show interfaces b pool [pool name] show show pool b virtual [virtual name] show show vs b snat list list snats b route domain list … Read more
To print the path of python module the command print [module].__file__. An example is shown below: [root@webserver1 ~]# pythonPython 2.4.3 (#1, Sep 21 2011, 19:55:41)[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-51)] on linux2Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.>>> import pexpect>>> print pexpect.__file__/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pexpect.pyc