Extreme Networks Px Series User Manual

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Px Series Application Switch Installation and Configuration Guide

Figure 6-2: Self-identifying cookie persistence mode

The following transactions occur in Figure 6-2:

The website administrator of www.buystuff.com sets up each web server (server 1,
server 2, and server 3) to create a cookie that contains the real IP address of the web
server.

Cookies created by server 1 contain IP address 10.1.1.1.

Cookies created by server 2 contain IP address 10.1.1.2.

Cookies created by server 3 contain IP address 10.1.1.3.

The website administrator configures the Px series application switch to use
self-identifying cookie persistence mode.

The client transmits its first TCP request (A) to www.buystuff.com at its
publicly-known VIP address, 64.1.1.7.

The Px series application switch responds (B) on behalf of 64.1.1.7, and the three-way
TCP handshake is established between the client and the Px series application
switch.

WS_002

Client

Cookie:

serverip=10.1.1.3

Server 1

10.1.1.1

Server 2

10.1.1.2

Server 3

10.1.1.3

64.1.1.7

www.buystuff.com

A

C

D

B

E

E

F

F

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