Nortel Networks WEB OS 212777 - Manual (Page 115)

212777-A, February 2002
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Part 2: Web Switching
Fundamentals
Internet traffic consists of myriad services and applications which use the Internet Protocol
(IP) for data delivery. IP, however, is not optimized for all the various applications. Web
switching goes beyond IP and makes intelligent switching decisions based on the application
and its data. This sections details the following fundamental Web switching features:
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Server Load Balancing
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Filtering
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Application Redirection
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Virtual Matrix Architecture
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Health Checking
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High Availability