Enterprise Distributed Data Centers SRND - Design Guide

Contents......Page 3
Document Organization......Page 9
Document Conventions......Page 10
Documentation Feedback......Page 11
Technical Assistance Center......Page 12
Cisco TAC Escalation Center......Page 13
The Problem......Page 15
The Solution......Page 16
Application Overview......Page 17
Application Requirements......Page 18
Benefits of Distributed Data Centers......Page 19
Site-to-Site Recovery......Page 20
Storage-to-Storage Recovery......Page 23
Multi-Site Topology......Page 24
Summary......Page 26
Server Peer-to-Peer Communication......Page 27
Data Replication and Networked Storage......Page 28
Synchronous Replication......Page 29
Asynchronous Replication......Page 30
Transport Technologies......Page 31
MAN......Page 32
WAN......Page 33
DNS Based Request Routing......Page 35
HTTP Redirection......Page 37
Route Health Injection......Page 38
Global Site Selector......Page 39
Distributed Director......Page 40
WebNS and Global Server Load Balancing......Page 41
Content Switching Module for Catalyst 6000......Page 43
Site-to-Site Recovery Topology......Page 45
Redundancy......Page 49
Application Requirements......Page 50
Design Recommendations......Page 51
Topology Using Distributed Director......Page 52
Integrated Architecture......Page 53
Topology Using the Content Switching Module......Page 54
Recommendations......Page 55
Authoritative DNS......Page 57
Configuring CSS in Integrated Architecture......Page 58
Caveats:......Page 61
Configuring CSS in Decoupled Architecture......Page 62
Topology Using DistributedDirector......Page 65
Configuration Details......Page 67
Topology using CSM......Page 68
Configuration Details......Page 70
Caveats......Page 73
Hardware and Software Requirements......Page 75
Security......Page 76
Integrated Architecture......Page 77
Decoupled Architecture......Page 78
Topology Using Distributed Director......Page 79
Working with the CSS......Page 80
Site Selection Methods......Page 81
Modes of Operation......Page 82
Deployment Methods......Page 83
Configuration......Page 85
Decoupled Architecture......Page 86
Configuration......Page 88
DRP Access Limiting and Authentication......Page 89
Site Selection Methods......Page 90
Deployment Options......Page 91
Configuration......Page 92
Recommendations......Page 94
Overview......Page 95
High Availability......Page 97
HSRP......Page 99
Edge Routing - BGP......Page 100
Design Caveats......Page 102
Multi-Site Multi-Homing Design Recommendations......Page 103
Internet Data Center Core Switching Layer......Page 104
Data Center Core Switching Layer......Page 105
Internet Cloud Router Configurations......Page 106
Internet Edge Configurations......Page 107
Edge Switching Layer Configurations......Page 109
Core Switching Layer Configurations......Page 114
BGP Attribute Tuning......Page 117
Security Considerations......Page 118
Hardware and Software Requirements......Page 119
High Availability......Page 120
Design Topologies......Page 121
Site-to-Site Recovery......Page 122
Multi-Site Load Distribution......Page 123
Implementation Details......Page 124
Redundancy......Page 125
Basic Configuration......Page 126
Configuration......Page 128
Multi-Site Load Distribution......Page 130
Site Selection Methods......Page 131
Configuration......Page 132
Summary......Page 135
Glossary......Page 137
Index......Page 141