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Chapter 5 Configuring Virtual Servers
Configuring Virtual Servers
Step 7 In the Primary Action field, indicate the action that the virtual server is to perform on the traffic if it
matches the specified match criteria:
• Drop—Indicates that client requests for content are to be discarded when match conditions are met.
Continue with Step 10.
• Forward—Indicates that client requests for content are to be forwarded without performing load
balancing on the requests when match conditions are met. Continue with Step 10.
• Load Balance—Indicates that client requests for content are to be directed to a server farm when
match conditions are met. Continue with Step 8.
• Sticky—Client requests for content are handled by a sticky group when match conditions are met.
Continue with Step 8.
Step 8 If you select Load Balance as the primary action, you can configure load balancing using a server farm,
a server farm/backup server farm pair, an existing sticky group, or a new sticky group.
If you select an existing object in any of these scenarios, you can view, modify, or duplicate the selected
object’s existing configuration. See the “Shared Objects and Virtual Servers” section on page 5-9 for
more information about modifying shared objects in virtual servers.
Note To display statistics and status information for an existing server farm, choose a server farm
in the list, and click Details. DM accesses the show serverfarm name detail CLI command
to display detailed server farm information. See the “Displaying Server Farm Statistics and
Status Information” section on page 6-39.
Configure load balancing using the information in Table 5-10.
Table 5-10 Virtual Server Load-Balancing Options
To configure... Do this...
Load balancing using a server farm In the Server Farm field, select the server farm
1
to be used for load
balancing for this virtual server, or select *New* to configure a new
server farm (see Table 5-11).
Load balancing using a server farm/backup server
farm pair
1. In the Server Farm field, select the primary server farm
1
to use for
load balancing, or select *New* to configure a new server farm (see
Table 5-11).
2. In the Backup Server Farm field, select the server farm
1
to act as the
backup server farm for load balancing if the primary server farm is
unavailable, or select *New* to configure a new backup server farm
(see Table 5-11).