Coyote Point Systems Equalizer, Installation And Administration Manual

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Equalizer Installation and Administration Guide v
Contents
Preface....................................................................................................... ix
1 Overview................................................................................................. 1
Introducing Equalizer ................................................................................... 2
Intelligent Load Balancing ...................................................................... 2
Load Balancing UDP Services ............................................................... 4
Maintaining Persistent Sessions ............................................................ 4
Layer 7 Load Balancing ............................................................................... 5
Geographic Load Balancing ........................................................................ 6
Real-time Monitoring ............................................................................ 10
Equalizer Network Configurations ............................................................. 10
Using IP Aliases ................................................................................... 11
Using Equalizer as a Gateway Between Networks .............................. 11
Using Equalizer in a Single Network Environment .............................. 12
Using a Second Equalizer as a Backup Unit ....................................... 13
Using Reserved IP Addresses ............................................................. 14
Equalizer Configuration Worksheet ........................................................... 16
Configuration Worksheet for Using Reserved IP Addresses ............... 18
2 Installing Equalizer .............................................................................. 19
Installing Equalizer ..................................................................................... 20
Setting up a Terminal or Terminal Emulator for Equalizer ......................... 21
3 Configuring Equalizer ......................................................................... 23
Equalizer Configuration ............................................................................. 24
Configuring the Network Parameters ................................................... 25
Committing Changes to the Configuration Parameters ....................... 26
Setting the Time Zone ......................................................................... 26
Setting the Date and Time ................................................................... 27
Changing Equalizer’s Console Password ............................................ 27
Changing the Administration Interface Password ................................ 27