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- Firewall Interfaces Overview
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- Network > Routing > Logical Routers > General
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- Network > Routing > Routing Profiles > BGP
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- Network > Network Profiles > GlobalProtect IPSec Crypto
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- Device > User Identification > Cloud Identity Engine
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ECMP
- Network > Virtual Routers > Router Settings > ECMP
Equal Cost Multiple Path (ECMP) processing is a networking feature
that enables the firewall to use up to four equal-cost routes to
the same destination. Without this feature, if there are multiple
equal-cost routes to the same destination, the virtual router chooses
one of those routes from the routing table and adds it to its forwarding
table; it will not use any of the other routes unless there is an
outage in the chosen route. Enabling ECMP functionality on a virtual
router allows the firewall have up to four equal-cost paths to a
destination in its forwarding table, allowing the firewall to:
- Load balance flows (sessions) to the same destination over multiple equal-cost links.
- Make use of the available bandwidth on all links to the same destination rather than leave some links unused.
- Dynamically shift traffic to another ECMP member to the same destination if a link fails, rather than waiting for the routing protocol or RIB table to elect an alternative path, which can help reduce down time when links fail.
ECMP load balancing is done at the session level, not at the
packet level. This means the firewall chooses an equal-cost path
at the start of a new session, not each time the firewall receives
a packet.
Enabling, disabling, or changing ECMP on an existing virtual
router causes the system to restart the virtual router, which might
cause existing sessions to be terminated.
To configure ECMP for a virtual router, select a virtual router
and, for Router Settings, select the ECMP tab
and configure the ECMP
Settings as described.
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