Configure settings for participating devices

Configure device participation settings to determine how the devices share the load during VPN load balancing.

Device participation settings determine how the devices share the load during VPN load balancing.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Secure Connections > Remote Access VPN.

Step 2

Click the edit icon next to the remote access VPN policy and click the Advanced tab.

Step 3

In the left pane, click Load Balancing and click the Enable Load balancing between member devices toggle button to activate load balancing.

Step 4

Configure the group settings for VPN load balancing.

For more information, see Configure group settings for VPN load balancing.

Step 5

In Device Participation, all the devices associated with the remote access VPN policy are displayed.

Step 6

Click the Load Balancing toggle button to enable load balancing for a device.

Step 7

Click the edit icon next to a device.

Step 8

In the Edit Device Participation Attributes dialog box, configure these parameters:

  1. In the Priority field, enter a priority number for the device.

    A higher priority number increases the chance that a device becomes a director. By default, the priority is 5. The range is 1 to 10.

  2. In the IPv4 NAT and IPv6 NAT fields, enter the IP address for the VPN interface if the device is behind NAT.

  3. Click OK.

Step 9

Click Save.