McAfee MAP-3300-SWG Product Guide - Page 236
Load Balancing, Scanning device management Master cluster and failover cluster appliances
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Overview of System features Cluster Management Load Balancing Use this page to specify the load-balancing requirements for the appliance when acting as part of a cluster. System | Cluster Management | Load Balancing The content of this page can vary. Depending on the cluster mode, some of the options are not available. When configuring a group of appliances or McAfee Content Security Blade Servers, the current master uses a "least used" algorithm to assign connections to the appliances or blades configured to scan traffic. The scanning appliance or blade that is currently showing the least number of connections, at that moment in time, is assigned the next connection. For a cluster of appliances: • If you have only a master and a failover appliance, with both configured to scan traffic, the master will send most connections to the failover appliance for scanning. • If you have scanning appliances, and scanning enabled on the master and failover, then the scanning appliances will receive the most traffic to scan, then the failover, with the master receiving the least. If you have more than three appliances in a cluster, McAfee recommends that you do not enable scanning on the master appliance. You cannot configure the master or the failover blades of the McAfee Content Security Blade Server to scan traffic. McAfee recommends that when using your appliance in a cluster environment, you use McAfee Quarantine Manager to quarantine Email messages. Scanning device management (Master cluster and failover cluster appliances) Table 226 Option definitions Option Status Definition Displays the status of the device: - Operating normally. - Needs attention. - Needs immediate attention. Name MAC Address IP Address Displays the name of the appliance. Specifies the device's Media Access Control (MAC) address as 12 hexadecimal digits in the format: A1:B2:C3:D4:E5:F6. Displays the IP address of the appliance. 236 McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances 5.6.0 Product Guide