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Configure the load balancer component with additional settings, for example to define a different
protocol for health monitoring or a different port for monitoring member traffic.
Additional tabs appear that allow you to add customized settings.
If you selected Use default value for all other settings and clicked OK you are done and can
continue to define or edit your blueprint in the design canvas. If you selected Customize, continue to
the step.
6 Click the Distribution tab and proceed to the Define Virtual Server Distribution Settings topic to
continue defining the virtual server in the NSX load balancer component.
Define Virtual Server Distribution Settings
By selecting the Customize option on the General tab, you can specify information about the pool
members such as the port on which the members receive traffic, the protocol type that the NSX load
balancer can use for accessing that port, the algorithm used for load balancing, and persistence settings.
A pool represents a cluster of machines that are being load balanced. A pool member represents one
machine in that cluster.
The default member protocol and member port settings match the protocol and port settings on the
General page.
The pool of member machines is shown in the Member option value in the blueprint load balancer
component user interface. The Member entry is set to the pool or cluster of machines.
Prerequisites
Define Virtual Server General Settings.
Procedure
1 (Optional) The Member protocol setting matches the protocol that you specified on the General tab.
This setting defines how the pool member is to receive network traffic.
2 (Optional) Enter a port number in the Member port text box to specify the port on which the pool
member is to receive network traffic.
For example, if the incoming request on the load balancer virtual IP address (VIP) is on port 80, you
might want to route the request to another port, for example port 8080, on the pool members.
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