11.2.1 MAC forwarding

We set up MAC forwarding as described in 5.2, "Load Balancer configuration: basic scenario," in the WebSphere Application Server V6 Scalability and Performance Handbook, SG24-6392, and add configuration steps specific to WebSphere Commerce.

Table 11-1 lists the host names and IP addresses of our nodes.

Table 11-1
Node/cluster Host name IP address Web server node 1

srvb501.torolab.ibm.com

9.26.126.120 Web server node 2

srvb504.torolab.ibm.com

9.26.127.157 Load Balancer cluster

wcha.torolab.ibm.com

9.26.126.103

Host names and IP addresses for MAC forwarding

For the following setup, we assume that Load Balancer is installed on Web server 2 (collocation).
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