Table Of Contents
Symbols - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W -
Index
Symbols
"xST" metacharacter for Layer 4 generic data parsing 3-25
A
action list
associating with a Layer 7 policy map 3-65
configuring 3-13
alias IP address 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-6, 6-19
appending port information, configuring for probes 4-33
application response, load-balancing method 1-2, 2-73
asymmetric routing 1-8
asymmetric server normalization 2-91
B
backup
server, configuring 2-82
server farm, behavior with stickiness 5-8
server farm, configuring 2-77, 2-91
server farms 3-72
bandwidth rate limiting 2-14, 2-87
booster, UDP 3-127
bursting threshold, VM probe 2-12
C
caching for regex parsing, configuring for probes 4-32
case-sensitivity matching 3-82, 3-96
cipher-based load balancing 3-43
cipher suites
HTTPS probes, configuring for 4-35
Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization. See OTV
class map
configuration example 3-156
configuring 3-1, 3-97
description, entering 3-20, 3-79, 3-82, 3-95, 3-98
Layer 7 3-31
overview 3-2
use with real servers 2-2
compression
content types supported 3-68
HTTP parameter map 3-83
Layer 7 SLB policy action 3-66, 3-83
Layer 7 SLB policy action, excluding specific files/MIME types for HTTP compression 3-45
configurational examples
HTTP cookie stickiness 5-54
HTTP header stickiness 5-68
IP address stickiness 5-20
probe 4-63
RADIUS load-balancing 3-140, 3-141
real server 2-21
server farms 2-98
SIP load-balancing 3-154, 3-155
SLB traffic policy 3-156
standard firewall 6-33, 6-34
stealth firewall 6-36, 6-38
stickiness 5-129
connection keepalive. See HTTP persistence rebalance
connections
clearing for real servers 2-108
connection failure, specifying server farm action 2-28
connection termination, TCP 4-20
displaying for real servers 2-105
displaying for server farms 2-116
rate limiting 2-14, 2-87
content
length 2-58
matching HTTP 3-34
offset 5-38
cookie
client 5-5
configuring stickiness 5-43
ignoring malformed 3-90
insertion 2-85, 5-50
length 2-64, 3-89, 5-39, 5-51
match criteria 3-35
maximum bytes to parse 3-80, 3-87, 3-88, 3-96
offset 5-51
sticky client identification 5-5
string 2-85
credentials (mailbox), configuring for IMAP probes 4-45
D
database entries
sticky, clearing 5-128
sticky, displaying 5-121
Data Center Interconnect. See DCI
DCI 2-1, 2-4
delimiters, URL 3-86
destination IP address 2-57, 2-106, 2-117, 3-2, 3-15, 3-71, 5-4, 5-11, 5-14, 5-17, 6-3
destination server status code, configuring for SMTP probes 4-43
differentiated services code point. See DSCP
displaying
probe configuration information 4-77
real server configuration information 2-101
server farm configuration information 2-109
sticky configuration information 5-120
DNS
load balancing 3-127
probes, configuring 4-40
domain
name, configuring for DNS probes 4-41
DSCP 3-77
DWS
configuration guidelines 2-5
configuring 2-3
displaying statistics 2-15
enabling a server farm 2-14
overview 2-1
prerequisites 2-4
real server locality, displaying 2-20
real server locality in server farm, displaying 2-19
server farm attributes 2-13
server farm state, displaying 2-19
VIP state, displaying 2-18
dynamic workload scaling. See DWS
E
Echo probes, configuring 4-24
e-commerce
applications, sticky requirements 5-3
using stickiness 5-3
expressions, regular 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-22, 3-24, 3-34, 3-35, 3-37, 3-41
F
failover
server farm 2-77
Finger probes, configuring 4-25
firewall
alias IP address 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-6, 6-19
configuration examples 6-33
configurations, displaying 6-32
configurations, supported 6-3
disabling NAT 2-91
load balancing 6-1, 6-3, 6-6, 6-18
overview 6-2
standard configurational diagram 6-4
stealth configurational diagram 6-5, 6-6
traffic distribution 6-3
types 6-2, 6-3
FTP probes, configuring 4-38
G
generic protocol
data parsing 3-22
load balancing 3-60
graceful server shutdown 2-19, 2-20, 2-90, 4-20
H
hash load-balancing methods
address 1-2, 2-57
content 1-2, 2-58
cookie 1-2, 2-60
header 1-2, 2-61
secondary cookie 2-60
url 1-2, 2-64
header
deletion 3-19
insertion 3-13, 3-14, 3-70
rewrite 3-13, 3-17
health monitoring
configuring 4-1
inband 2-49
real servers 2-8
HTTP
compression 3-66, 3-83
content match criteria 3-34
load balancing 3-61
persistence rebalance 3-91, 3-93
persistence strict 3-93
probes, configuring 4-25, 4-27, 4-52
request method, configuring for probes 4-28
return error code checking 2-75
statistics, displaying 3-167, 3-178
URL hit count statistics, displaying 3-177
URL match criteria 3-41, 3-52
URL match criteria, excluding for HTTP compression 3-45
HTTP content
length 2-58, 5-39
offset 2-58, 5-39
HTTP cookie
length 2-64, 5-51
match criteria 3-35
offset 2-64, 5-51
stickiness 5-43
HTTP header
deletion 3-19
insertion 3-13, 3-14, 3-70
length 3-89
match criteria 3-36, 3-50
maximum bytes to parse 3-80, 3-87, 3-88, 3-96
rewrite 3-13, 3-17
sticky client identification 5-6
HTTP parameter map
case-sensitivity matching 3-82, 3-96
compression 3-83
configuring 3-78, 3-81, 3-94
ignore malformed cookies 3-90
maximum bytes to parse 3-80, 3-87, 3-88, 3-96
maximum parse length exceeded 3-89
persistence rebalance 3-91, 3-93
persistence rebalance strict 3-93
statistics, displaying 3-167
TCP server reuse 3-93
URL delimiters 3-86
HTTP return codes
server farms, displaying 2-115
HTTPS
cipher suite for probes 4-35
probes, configuring 4-34
I
ICMP
probes, configuring 4-19
IMAP probes, configuring 4-44
inband health monitoring 2-49
interface
applying Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy to 3-120
interval, configuring for probes 4-14
IP address
alias 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-6, 6-19
configuring a probe under a redirect server 2-10
configuring destination for probes 4-7
configuring stickiness 5-11
destination 2-57, 2-106, 2-117, 3-2, 3-15, 3-71, 5-4, 5-11, 5-14, 5-17, 6-3, 6-13, 6-27
entering for real servers 2-6
expected for DNS probes 4-41
match criteria 3-27, 3-55
source 2-57, 2-106, 2-117, 3-14, 3-15, 3-27, 3-55, 3-70, 3-71, 5-4, 5-11, 5-14, 5-17, 5-123, 6-3, 6-9, 6-21
sticky client identification 5-4
sticky configuration requirements 5-9
virtual 2-91, 3-14, 3-70, 3-97, 3-98, 3-105, 3-113, 3-114, 3-118, 5-119, 6-10, 6-16, 6-22, 6-23, 6-30
IPv4 to IPv6 Load Balancing 3-125
IPv6 to IPv4 Load Balancing 3-124
K
keepalive-appliance protocol (KAL-AP)
clearing statistics 4-76
configuring 4-64, 4-68
displaying load information 4-74
displaying statistics 4-75
keepalives. See probes
L
Layer 3 and 4 policy map
SLB, configuring 3-105
Layer 3 and Layer 4 class map
associating with policy map 3-107
configuring 3-97
overview 3-2
Layer 3 and Layer 4 SLB policy actions
configuration quick start 3-10
connection parameter map, associating with Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map 3-110
enabling a VIP for load balancing 3-118
enabling UDP per packet load balancing 3-115
enabling VIP address advertising 3-113
enabling VIP reply to ICMP request 3-114
HTTP parameter map, associating with Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map 3-110
Layer 7 policy map, associating with Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map 3-109
specifying 3-108
Layer 4 payload
"xST" metacharacter 3-25
length for sticky 5-30
match criteria for generic data parsing 3-23
offset for sticky 5-30
Layer 7 class map
associating with Layer 7 policy map 3-64
configuration quick start 3-5
configuring 3-31
HTTP cookie 3-35
HTTP header 3-36, 3-50
HTTP URL 3-41, 3-52
HTTP URL, excluding specific files/MIME types for HTTP compression 3-45
nesting 3-58
overview 3-2
source IP address 3-27, 3-55
SSL cipher 3-43
Layer 7 policy map
configuration quick start 3-5
configuring 3-60
defining inline match statements 3-62
Layer 7 class map association 3-64
Layer 7 SLB policy actions
associating with Layer 3 and Layer 4 SLB policy 3-78
compress packets 3-69
discarding requests 3-69
forwarding requests 3-70
HTTP compression 3-66, 3-83
HTTP compression, excluding specific files/MIME types 3-45
HTTP header insertion 3-13, 3-14, 3-70
IP differentiated services code point 3-77
load balancing to server farm 3-72
SSL proxy service 3-78
sticky server farm 3-76
least bandwidth, load-balancing method 1-3, 2-65
leastconns, load-balancing method 1-3, 2-67
least loaded, load-balancing method 1-3, 2-69
load balancing
application response 1-2, 2-73
configurational diagram 3-4
configuring real servers and server farms 2-1
configuring traffic policies 3-1
definition 1-1
DNS 3-127
enabling a VIP 3-118
example 3-156
firewall 6-1, 6-3, 6-6, 6-18
hash address 1-2, 2-57
hash content 1-2, 2-58
hash cookie 1-2, 2-60
hash header 1-2, 2-61
hash url 1-2, 2-64
least bandwidth 1-3, 2-65
leastconns 1-3, 2-67
least loaded 1-3
least-loaded 2-69
operating ACE exclusively for 1-8
overview 1-1
predictor method 2-55
RADIUS 3-61, 3-133
RDP 3-61, 3-130
roundrobin 1-3, 2-74
RTSP 3-61, 3-143
SIP 3-61, 3-149
standard firewall 6-6
statistics, clearing 3-185
statistics, displaying 3-160
stealth firewall 6-18
load threshold, VM probe 2-12
M
mailbox, configuring for IMAP probes 4-45
match criteria
HTTP cookie 3-35
HTTP header 3-36, 3-50
HTTP URL 3-41, 3-52
HTTP URL, excluding for HTTP compression 3-45
Layer 4 payload 3-23
nested HTTP class map 3-58
RADIUS calling station ID 3-49
RADIUS username 3-49
RTSP header 3-50
RTSP URL 3-52
single match statement 3-62
SIP header 3-53
source IP address 3-27, 3-55
SSL cipher 3-43
MD5 hash value, configuring for probes 4-30
method
IMAP probes 4-46
POP3 probes 4-48
Multipurpose 3-45
N
NAS address, configuring for RADIUS probes 4-56
NAT
disabling 2-91
Network Access Server, configuring for RADIUS probes 4-56
Nexus 7000 series switches 2-1, 2-4
Nexus device
configuring 2-5
credentials 2-7
IP address 2-6
statistics, displaying 2-15
non-RADIUS data forwarding 3-138
O
OTV 2-1, 2-4
P
parameter map
case-sensitivity matching 3-82, 3-96
configuring 3-78, 3-81, 3-94
HTTP compression 3-83
HTTP statistics, displaying 3-167
ignore malformed cookies 3-90
maximum bytes to parse 3-80, 3-87, 3-88, 3-96
maximum parse length exceeded 3-89
persistence rebalance 3-91, 3-93
persistence rebalance strict 3-93
RTSP 3-94
TCP server reuse 3-93
URL delimiters 3-86
partial server farm failover 2-77
password credentials
IMAP probes 4-45
POP3 probes 4-47
RADIUS probes 4-55
payload length 5-30
persistence rebalance 3-91, 3-93
policy map
associated class map 3-107
configuration example 3-156
configuring 3-1
Layer 3 and Layer 4 3-105
Layer 7 3-60
POP3 probe, configuring 4-46
port
number, configuring for probes 4-8
probe port inheritance 4-10
predictor
application response 1-2, 2-73
hash address 1-2, 2-57
hash content 1-2, 2-58
hash cookie 1-2, 2-60
hash cookie secondary 2-60
hash header 1-2, 2-61
hash url 1-2, 2-64
least bandwidth 1-3, 2-65
leastconns 1-3, 2-67
least loaded 1-3
least-loaded 2-69
roundrobin 1-3, 2-74
probe
active, defining 4-4
active script file statistics, displaying A-28
associating with server farms 2-53, 2-83
clearing statistics 4-85
configuration example 4-63
configurations, displaying 4-77
configuring 4-2, 4-6
configuring for real servers 2-8
configuring for scripts A-11
description, entering 4-7
DNS 4-40
DNS domain name 4-41
DNS expected IP address 4-41
Echo 4-24
Finger 4-25
FTP 4-38
FTP server status code 4-38
global scripted probe statistics, displaying A-27
HTTP 4-25
HTTP enabling regex parsing caching 4-32
HTTP for appending port information 4-33
HTTP header fields 4-27, 4-52
HTTP MD5 hash value 4-30
HTTP request method 4-28
HTTPS 4-34
HTTP server status code 4-29, 4-50, 4-53
ICMP 4-19
IMAP 4-44
IMAP credentials 4-45
IMAP mailbox 4-45
IMAP request method 4-46
IP destination address 4-7
POP3 4-46
POP3 credentials 4-47
POP3 request method 4-48
port inheritance 4-10
port number 4-8
RADIUS 4-54
RADIUS credentials 4-55
RADIUS NAS address 4-56
retry count 4-15
RTSP, configuring 4-51
scripted 4-61
scripted, debugging A-30
scripted probe information, displaying A-24, A-25
scripting quick start A-4
scripting using TCL A-2
script name 4-62
script-writing example A-23
SIP, configuring 4-48
SIP request method 4-49, 4-52
SMTP 4-42
SMTP destination server status code 4-43
SNMP-based server load, configuring 4-56
SSL cipher suite 4-35
SSL version 4-36
statistics, clearing 4-85
statistics, displaying 4-76
status code 4-43
TCP connection termination 4-20
TCP type 4-19
Telnet 4-40
threshold 4-15
time interval 4-14
timeout for a response 4-18
TLS version 4-36
types 2-53
UDP 4-23
VM, configuring 2-10
wait interval 4-15, 4-17
wait period 4-15
writing scripts for A-11
protocol, generic data parsing 3-22
protocol, generic load balancing 3-60
Q
quick start
HTTP-content stickiness configuration 5-34
HTTP-cookie stickiness configuration 5-45
HTTP-header stickiness configuration 5-58
IP address stickiness configuration 5-12
Layer 3 and Layer 4 SLB traffic policy configuration 3-10
Layer 4 payload stickiness configuration 5-24
Layer 7 Traffic Policy Configuration 3-5
probe scripting A-4
RADIUS-attribute stickiness configuration 5-74
RTSP-Session stickiness configuration 5-81
SIP Call-ID stickiness configuration 5-88
Standard FWLB Configuration for ACE A 6-8
Standard FWLB Configuration for ACE B 6-12
Stealth FWLB Configuration for ACE A 6-20
Stealth FWLB Configuration for ACE B 6-25
R
RADIUS
calling station ID 3-49
load balancing 3-49, 3-61, 3-133
load-balancing configuration examples 3-140, 3-141
match criteria 3-49
probes, configuring 4-54
username 3-49
rate limiting
bandwidth 2-14, 2-87
connection 2-14, 2-87
RDP load balancing 3-61, 3-130
real server
cookie string 2-85
real servers
associating with server farm 2-79
backup 2-82
behavior 2-19
checking health 2-8
clearing connections 2-108
clearing statistics 2-108
configuration examples 2-21
configuration quick start 2-3
configuring 2-1
configuring probes for 2-8
configuring weight (connection capacity) 2-17, 2-81
configuring weight for in server farm 2-81
creating 2-5
displaying configurations and statistics 2-101
displaying connections 2-105
entering description for 2-6, 2-80
entering IP address 2-6
graceful shutdown 2-19, 2-90, 4-20
managing 2-19
overview 2-2
placing in service 2-18, 2-89
rate limiting 2-14, 2-87
redirecting client requests 2-16
setting connection limits 2-12, 2-86
shutting down, gracefully 2-19, 2-90, 4-20
Real Time Streaming Protocol. See RTSP
redirect server
configuring a probe 2-10
regular expressions 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-22, 3-24, 3-34, 3-35, 3-37, 3-41
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service. See RADIUS
Remote Desktop Protocol. See RDP
request methods
configuring for IMAP probes 4-46
configuring for POP3 probes 4-48
retry
count, configuring for probes 4-15
roundrobin, load-balancing predictor 1-3, 2-74
routing
asymmetric 1-8
RTSP
header 3-50
header match criteria 3-50
load balancing 3-50, 3-52, 3-61, 3-143
match criteria 3-52
maximum number of bytes to parse 3-96
parameter map, configuring 3-94
probe 4-51
URL 3-52
S
scripted probes
configuring 4-61
script name 4-62
scripts
active script file statistics, displaying A-28
configuring probes for A-11
copying A-7
copying and loading A-6
debugging A-30
displaying script file contents A-30
environment variables A-20
exit codes A-21
global scripted probe statistics, displaying A-27
information, displaying A-24, A-25
loading A-9
overview A-2
probe script example A-23
reloading modified A-10
removing from memory A-10
sample A-8
script probe array A-20
supported commands A-12
unzipping A-8
writing for health monitoring A-11
server
reuse 3-93
shutdown, graceful 2-20
server farms
assigning backup server 2-82
associating probes for 2-53, 2-83
associating real servers for use with 2-79
associating VMs as real servers 2-15
backup 3-72
backup, behavior with stickiness 5-8
backup, configuring 2-77, 2-91
clearing statistics 2-120
configuration examples 2-98
configuration quick start 2-25
configuring 2-1
creating 2-27
disabling NAT 2-91
displaying configurations 2-109
displaying connections 2-116
displaying HTTP return codes 2-115
displaying statistics 2-110
DWS attributes 2-13
enabling for DWS 2-14
enabling load balancing for 3-72
entering description for 2-28
failover, partial 2-77
HTTP return error code checking, configuring 2-75
overview 2-2, 2-24
placing real servers in service 2-89
predictor method 2-55
real server weight, configuring 2-81
setting real server connection limits 2-86
specifying failure action 2-28
sticky, configuring 3-76
server load balancing
configurational diagram 3-4
configuration example 3-156
configuring Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map 3-105
configuring Layer 7 class map 3-31
configuring Layer 7 policy map 3-60
configuring traffic policies 3-1
definition 1-1
operating ACE exclusively for 1-8
overview 1-1
statistics, clearing 3-185
statistics, displaying 3-160
server normalization, asymmetric 2-91
server shutdown, graceful 2-90, 4-20
service policy
applying to an interface 3-120
statistics, clearing 3-186
statistics, displaying 3-171
Session Initiation Protocol. See SIP
shared secret credentials, configuring for RADIUS probes 4-55
shutdown, graceful server 2-20, 4-20
SIP
Call-ID 3-53
header match criteria 3-53
load balancing 3-53, 3-61, 3-149
load-balancing configuration examples 3-154, 3-155
probe 4-48
request method, configuring for probes 4-49, 4-52
SLB. See server load balancing
SMTP probes, configuring 4-42
SNMP
SNMP-based server load probe 4-56
sorry server. See backup server
source IP address 2-57, 2-106, 2-117, 3-14, 3-15, 3-27, 3-55, 3-70, 3-71, 5-4, 5-11, 5-14, 5-17, 5-123, 6-3, 6-9, 6-21
SSL
cipher-based load balancing 3-43
cipher match criteria 3-43
proxy service, specifying 3-78
Session ID stickiness 5-7
SSL Session-ID stickiness 5-94
version, configuring for probes 4-36
standard firewall
diagram, configurational 6-4
example, configurational 6-33, 6-34
load balancing, configuring 6-6
quick start 6-8, 6-12
statistics
active script files, displaying A-28
HTTP, displaying 3-178
HTTP parameter map, displaying 3-167
HTTP URL statement hit counts, displaying 3-177
load-balancing, clearing 3-185
load-balancing, displaying 3-160
probes, clearing 4-85
probes, displaying 4-76
real servers, clearing 2-108
real servers, displaying 2-101
scripted probes, displaying A-27
server farms, clearing 2-120
server farms, displaying 2-110
service-policy, clearing 3-186
service policy, displaying 3-171
sticky, clearing 5-128
sticky, displaying 5-120
sticky database, displaying 5-121
status code, configuring for SMTP probes 4-43
stealth firewall
diagram, configurational 6-5, 6-6
example, configurational 6-36, 6-38
IP address, configuring 6-19
load balancing, configuring 6-18
quick start 6-20, 6-25
stickiness
configurational example 5-129
database entries, clearing 5-128
displaying information 5-120
HTTP cookie 5-43
HTTP cookie configuration example 5-54
HTTP header configuration example 5-68
IP address configuration example 5-20
IP addresses, configuring 5-11
quick start, HTTP-content configuration 5-34
quick start, HTTP-cookie configuration 5-45
quick start, HTTP-header stickiness configuration 5-58
quick start, IP address sticky configuration 5-12
quick start, Layer 4 payload configuration 5-24
quick start, RADIUS stickiness configuration 5-74
quick start, RTSP-Session stickiness configuration 5-81
quick start, SIP Call-ID stickiness configuration 5-88
quick start, SSL Session ID 5-96
SLB traffic policy, configuring 5-118
SSL Session ID 5-7, 5-94
statistics, clearing 5-128
statistics, displaying 5-121
stickiness (HTTP-content)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-42
content length, configuring 5-38
content offset, configuring 5-38
quick start 5-34
replicate HTTP-content sticky table entries, enabling 5-38
server farm entry, configuring 5-42
static content, configuring 5-41
sticky group, creating 5-36
timeout, configuring 5-37
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-37
stickiness (HTTP-cookie)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-53
configuration example 5-54
cookie insertion, enabling 5-50
cookie length, configuring 5-51
cookie offset, configuring 5-51
quick start 5-45, 5-58
replicate HTTP-cookie sticky table entries, enabling 5-49
secondary cookie, configuring 5-51
server farm entry, configuring 5-53
static cookie, configuring 5-52
sticky group, creating 5-47
timeout, configuring 5-48
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-49
stickiness (HTTP-header)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-67
configuration example 5-68
cookie length, configuring 5-65
cookie offset, configuring 5-65
replicate HTTP-header sticky table entries, enabling 5-64
server farm sticky group, configuring 5-67
static HTTP-header, configuring 5-66
sticky group, creating 5-60
timeout, configuring 5-63
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-64
stickiness (IP address)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-19
configuration example 5-20
quick start 5-12
replicate IP-address sticky table entries, enabling 5-17
requirements 5-9
server farm sticky group, configuring 5-19
static IP-address table entries, configuring 5-17
sticky IP group, creating 5-14
timeout, configuring 5-15
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-16
stickiness (Layer 4 payload)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-32
overview 5-22
parameters, configuring 5-29
quick start 5-24
replicate Layer 4 payload sticky table entries, enabling 5-28
server farm entry, configuring 5-32
static entry, configuring 5-31
timeout, configuring 5-27
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-27
stickiness (RADIUS-attribute)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-78
quick start 5-74
replicate RADIUS-attribute sticky table entries, enabling 5-78
server farm sticky group, configuring 5-78
sticky group, creating 5-76
timeout, configuring 5-77
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-77
stickiness (RTSP-Session)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-87
cookie length, configuring 5-85
cookie offset, configuring 5-85
quick start 5-81
replicate RTSP-Session sticky table entries, enabling 5-84
server farm sticky group, configuring 5-87
static RTSP-Session, configuring 5-86
sticky group, creating 5-83
timeout, configuring 5-83
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-84
stickiness (SIP Call-ID)
associating server farm with sticky group 5-93
quick start 5-88
replicate SIP Call-ID sticky table entries, enabling 5-92
server farm sticky group, configuring 5-93
static SIP Call-ID, configuring 5-93
sticky group, creating 5-90
timeout, configuring 5-91
timeout for active connections, configuring 5-91
stickiness (SSL Session ID)
32-byte configuration example 5-102
configuration requirements and considerations 5-96
offset, length, and beginning pattern, configuring 5-101
overview 5-94
quick start 5-96
server farm entry, configuring 5-100
SSL Session ID learning, enabling 5-100
sticky group, creating 5-99
sticky timeout, configuring 5-99
sticky
configuration examples 5-20, 5-54, 5-68
cookies for client identification 5-5
database entries, clearing 5-128
database entries, displaying 5-121
displaying information 5-120
e-commerce application requirements 5-3
groups 5-3
HTTP header for client identification 5-6
IP address for client identification 5-4
methods 5-4
overview 5-2
purpose 5-3
statistics, clearing 5-121
statistics, displaying 5-121
table 5-7
T
TCL
copying and loading scripts A-6
copying scripts A-7
environment variables A-20
exit codes A-21
loading scripts A-9
reloading modified scripts A-10
removing scripts from memory A-10
scripts overview A-2
supported script commands A-12
unzipping scripts A-8
TCP
connection termination 4-20
probe, configuring 4-19
server reuse, configuring 3-93
Telnet
probes, configuring 4-40
threshold, configuring for probes 4-15
timeout period, configuring for probe response 4-18
TLS
version, configuring for probes 4-36
Toolkit Command Language. See TCL. A-1
traffic, distribution across firewalls 6-1, 6-3
traffic classification process 3-3
traffic policies
configurational diagram 3-4
configuration example 3-156
configuring 3-1
configuring for stickiness 5-118
overview 3-2
U
UDP
booster 3-127
per packet load balancing 3-115
probe, configuring 4-23
URL
delimiters, defining 3-86
length 3-89
maximum bytes to parse 3-80, 3-87, 3-88, 3-96
username
credentials, configuring 4-45, 4-47, 4-55
V
VIP
address, advertising 3-113
defining match criteria 3-99, 3-102, 4-67, 4-69, 5-119, 6-10, 6-22, 6-23
disabling translation 2-91
enabling for load balancing 3-118, 6-16, 6-30
reply to ICMP request 3-114
UDP per packet load balancing 3-115
virtual IP address. See VIP
virtual machines. See VMs
virtual private cloud 2-1
VM controller
configuring 2-8
credentials 2-9
statistics, displaying 2-16
URL 2-8
VM probe
associating a VM controller 2-11
bursting threshold 2-12
configuring 2-10
details, displaying 2-21
interval 2-11
load threshold 2-12
statistics, displaying 2-20
VMs
associating as real servers in a server farm 2-15
locality 2-5
overview 2-2
VMware vCenter Server 2-1
VPC 2-1
W
wait interval, configuring for probes 4-15, 4-17
wait period, configuring for probes 4-15
weight, setting for real servers 2-17, 2-81
weighted roundrobin. See roundrobin