Nortel Networks WEB OS 212777 - Manual (Page 149)

Web OS 10.0 Application Guide
Chapter 6: Server Load Balancing n 149
212777-A, February 2002
Load Balancing Special Services
This section discusses load balancing based on special services, such as
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IP Server Load Balancing
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FTP Server Load Balancing
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Domain Name Server (DNS) Load Balancing
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Real Time Streaming Protocol SLB
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Wireless Application Protocol SLB
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Intrusion Detection System Server Load Balancing
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WAN Link Load Balancing
IP Server Load Balancing
IP server load balancing allows you to configure your Web switch for server load balancing
based on client’s IP address only. Typically, the client IP address is used with the client port
number to produce a session identifier. When the Layer 3 option is enabled, the switch uses
only the client IP address as the session identifier.
To configure the switch for IP load balancing:
IP server load balancing must be used if IP traffic is totally encrypted and you do not have
access to the content.
>> # /cfg/slb/virt <virtual server number>
>> Virtual Server 1# layr3 ena
>> Virtual Server 1# service ip
>> Virtual Server 1 IP Service# group <group number >