Cisco DistributedDirector

This document provides information on DistributedDirector Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

A. 11.1.9IA or later, or 12.0.3T or later.

A. For DistributedDirector software prior to 11.1.18AI, run IOS versions 11.2.xF on the Director Response Protocol (DRP) server agents. For DistributedDirector 11.1.18AI or later, run 11.3.2T or later on the DRP server agents.

A. No, the random, admin, and portion metrics do not use DRP for server selection. Examples are shown below:

• Equal load sharing using portion

  Note: The sum of all portion values assigned to the servers must total 100 percent.

       !
       ip host www.test.cisco.com 10.10.10.33 172.16.1.2 
       ip classless 
       ip dns primary www.test.cisco.com soa 
          netserv-dd.test.cisco.com admin@test.cisco.com 
       21600 900 7776000 86400 
       no ip director cache 
       ip director server 10.10.10.33 portion 1 
       ip director server 172.16.1.2 portion 1 
       ip director hosts www.test.cisco.com priority por 1 
       ip director hosts www.test.cisco.com connect 80 interval 600 
       ! 

• Primary server with backup server

     ! 
     ip host www.test.cisco.com 10.10.10.33 172.16.1.2 
     ip classless
     ip dns primary www.test.cisco.com soa 
        netserv-dd.test.cisco.com admin@test.cisco.com 
     21600 900 7776000 86400 
     no ip director cache ip director server 10.10.10.33 preference 1 
     ip director server 172.16.1.2 preference 99 
     ip director hosts www.test.cisco.com priority adm 1 
     ip director hosts www.test.cisco.com connect 80 interval 600 
     !

• Random server selection

  !    
  ip host www.test.cisco.com 10.10.10.33 172.16.1.2 
  ip classless 
  ip dns primary www.test.cisco.com soa 
      netserv-dd.test.cisco.com admin@test.cisco.com 
  21600 900 7776000 86400 
  no ip director cache 
  ip director hosts www.test.cisco.com weights random 10 
  ip director hosts www.test.cisco.com priority random 1 
  ip director hosts www.test.cisco.com connect 80 interval 600 
  !

A. Issue the ip director host connect command to poll the server to verify server availability.