Q: MA5200G RADIUS includes both working
modes:
1>loading-share
2>master-backup (default)
Command radius-server algorithm could help
revise the working mode of RADIUS server.
1. The
principle of loading-share: once MA5200G
is configured with multiple radius-server ip, it could use all radius-server
configured, and use the parameter of weight to allocate the traffic sent to
radius-server, realizing loading-share;
For example:
radius-server group radius
radius-server authentication 2xx.142.211.7
1645 weight x
radius-server authentication 2xx.142.211.8 1645 weight y
radius-server
authentication 2xx.142.211.9 1645 weight z
radius-server accounting 2xx.142.211.7
1646 weight x
radius-server accounting 2xx.142.211.8 1646 weight y
radius-server accounting
2xx.142.211.8 1645 weight z
The per cent of
weight of each server in total ratio is the traffic the server shares. For
example, the server 2xx.142.211.7 accounts for x/(x+y+z)*100%, and 2xx.142.211.8
for y/(x+y+z)*100%…, and so on; the formula is always available even more servers are
configured. Weight does not mean the percent of loading-share. In fact, we
suggest configuring the total of weight of all RADIUS servers to 100, so the
weight value of each server is the per cent of load-sharing.
If one of the servers is down, MA5200G will
allocate the traffic at the down server to other normal radius-servers.
2. master-backup is the default working mode
of MA5200G radius-server, and its principle is when MA5200G is configured with
multiple radius-servers, it could realize master-backup of radius-server. At
this point, the weight is optional, being defaulted to 0.
For example:
radius-server group radius
radius-server authentication
2xx.142.211.7 1645 weight 0
radius-server authentication 2xx.142.211.8
1645 weight 0
radius-server accounting 2xx.142.211.7 1646
weight 0
radius-server accounting 2xx.142.211.8 1646
weight 0
MA5200G will take the server
at the top (check by display radius-server configuration command)as the master
RADIUS server, which serves for authentication and accounting generally; only if
the master RADIUS fails, both authentication and accounting will turn to backup
server.
