Machine derived contents note: I Concepts and Theories of Server Load Balancing 1 -- . Introduction to Server Load Balancing 3 -- In th e B eg inn in g 1 4 -- Evolution 7 -- Other Technologies 8 -- 2. Concepts of Server Load Balancing 13 -- N etw orking Basics 3 -- Serve Load Balancers 15 -- Redundancy 16 -- Provider Infrastructure 22 -- 3. Anatomy of a Server Load Balancer 24 -- A D ay in the Life of a Packet 25 -- D irect Server Return 2 7 -- O ther SLB M ethods 29 -- I nder the H ood 3 0 -- 4I Performance Metrics 32 -- Connections Per Second 32 -- Total Concurrent Connections 33 -- Throughput 33 -- Traffic Profiles 34 -- The Wall 36 -- II Practice and fplementation of Sevever Load -- Ba a cing 39 -- 5. Introduction to Architecture 41 -- A chitectural Details 42 -- Infrastructure 46 -- M ultipurpose D evices 49 -- Cast of Characters 51 -- 6 Flat-Based 5LB Network Architecture 54 -- Imp lementatio 54 -- Flat-Based Setup 58 -- Securty 60 -- "7. NATBased SLB Network Architecture 62 -- Implementation 62 -- Network Configuration 66 -- III Configring erver Load Balancers 73 -- 8 A lteo n W ebSy stem s 75 -- Introduction to the CLI 76 -- G etting Started 78 -- Securitv 81 -- Flat-Based SLB 84 -- \AT -Bed SLB 90 -- Redundancy 95 -- Additional Features 98 -- 9. Cisco's CSS (Formerly ArrowPoint) Configuration Guide 99 -- Introduction to the CLI 0 100 -- etting Started 101 -- F -B a ed SLB 1 04 -- 1 NA -Based SLB 1. 08 -- Redundancy 4 -- Syncing Configurations 11 -- A dm inistration N etw ork 1 17 -- Additional Features 118 -- IO F's BIG-IP 9 -- Getting Started 19 -- Flat-Based SLB 125 -- NAT-Based SLB 126 -- Redundancy 12 -- S1. Foundry Serverlron Series 1. 29 -- Command Line Interface (CLI) 130 -- Flat-Based SLB 33 -- NAT-Based SLB 135 -- Redundancy 136 -- IV Appendixes 1 39 -- A. Quick Com m and Guide 41 -- B. Direct Server Return Configuration 151 -- C Sample Configurations 157
