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ServerIron ADX Advanced Server Load Balancing Guide vii
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About This Document
Audience
This document is designed for system administrators with a working knowledge of Layer 2 and
Layer 3 switching and routing.
If you are using a Brocade Layer 3 Switch, you should be familiar with the following protocols if
applicable to your network – IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, IGMP, PIM, DVMRP, and VRRP.
Supported hardware and software
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Brocade ServerIron ADX version 12.4.00 documenting
all possible configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of this guide:
• ServerIron ADX 1000
• ServerIron ADX 4000
• ServerIron ADX 8000
• ServerIron ADX 1000
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows: