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12.1.1 LAN Area Objects
A LAN Area object lets you easily administer WAN traffic policies for a group of servers. After you
create a LAN Area object, you can add servers to or remove servers from the LAN Area object.
When you apply a policy to the LAN Area, that policy applies to all the servers in the LAN Area.
You should create a LAN Area object if you have multiple servers in a LAN that is connected to
other LANs by wide area links. If you do not create a LAN Area object, you must manage each
server’s WAN traffic individually.
Creating a LAN Area Object
1
In Novell iManager, click the Roles and Tasks button Description: Roles and Tasks button .
2 Click WAN Traffic > Create LAN Area .
3
Select WANMAN-LAN Area from the Object Class drop-down list.
4 Specify a name and context for the object, then click Create .
Continue with one of the following sections:
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“Adding Servers to a LAN Area Object” on page 291
Š “Applying WAN Policies” on page 293
Adding Servers to a LAN Area Object
A server can belong to only one LAN Area object. If the server you are adding already belongs to a
LAN Area object, the server is removed from that object and added to the new object.
1 In Novell iManager, click the Roles and Tasks button Description: Roles and Tasks button .
2 Click WAN Traffic > WAN Traffic Manager Overview .
3 Click View LAN Areas , then click the LAN Area object you want.
4 Click Server List , then click the Object Selector button Description: Object Selector button .
5 Select the server you want.
6 Repeat Step 4 through Step 5 for each server you want to add.
Connection
management Servers in a replica ring require a highly secure connection for transferring
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packets. These secure connections, called virtual client
connections, are established by the connection management process.
The connection management process might also need to establish a virtual
client connection for schema synchronization or backlink processes. Time
synchronization might also require such a connection, depending on the
configuration of time services.
Server status check Each server without a replica initiates a server status check. It establishes a
connection to the nearest server that holds a writable replica of the partition
containing the Server object.
The server status check runs every six minutes.
Process Description