Nortel Networks WEB OS 212777 - Manual (Page 434)

Web OS 10.0 Application Guide
434 n Chapter 16: Persistence
212777-A, February 2002
Example 2: Parsing the Cookie
This example shows three configurations where the switch uses the hashing key or wild cards
to determine which part of the cookie value should be used for determining the real server. For
example, the value of the cookie is defined as follows:
Cookie: sid=0123456789abcdef; name1=value1; ...
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Select the entire value of the sid cookie as a hashing key for selecting the real server:
This command directs the switch to use the sid cookie, starting with the first byte in the
value and using the full 16 bytes.
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Select a specific portion of the sid cookie as a hashing key for selecting the real server:
This command directs the switch to use the sid cookie, starting with the eight byte in the
value and using only four bytes. This uses
789a as a hashing key.
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Using wildcards for selecting cookie names:
With this configuration, the switch will look for a cookie name that starts with ASPSES-
SIONID . ASPSESSIONID123 , ASPSESSIONID456 , and ASPSESSIONID789 will
all be seen by the switch as the same cookie name. If more than one cookie matches, only
the first one will be used.
Example 3: Using Passive Cookie Mode
If you are using passive cookie mode, the Web switch examines the server’s Set-Cookie:
value and directs all subsequent connections to the server that assigned the cookie.
For example, if Server 1 sets the cookie as “ Set-Cookie: sid=12345678 ,” then all traf-
fic from a particular client with cookie sid=12345678 will be directed to Server 1.
The following command is used on the Web switch:
>> # /cfg/slb/virt 1/service 80/pbind cookie passive sid 1 16 dis
>> # /cfg/slb/virt 1/service 80/pbind cookie passive sid 8 4 dis
>> # /cfg/slb/virt 1/service 80/pbind cookie passive
ASPSESSIONID* 1 16 dis
>> # /cfg/slb/virt 1/service 80/pbind cookie passive sid 1 8 dis