Symantec Security 5600 Series, Security 5400 Series,Clientless VPN 4400 Series, Administration Manual

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803 Field descriptions
Menu option field descriptions
Define Cluster panel
This is the second panel of the Cluster Wizard. On this panel you name the cluster, select the heartbeat
interface, and set up hot standby or load balancing options.
Associated tasks
The tasks that you can perform with this panel include:
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“Creating a new cluster with the Cluster Wizard” on page 512
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“Associated panels” on page 802
Table D-306 Define Cluster panel
Field Description
Cluster name A unique name for the cluster.
The maximum length is 256 characters.
Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, numerals, periods (.), and dashes (-).
Do not include spaces in the name. The characters @,!,#,$,%,^,&,*,<,>, _ and other reserved
characters are also invalid.
Cluster description An optional, brief description of the cluster.
The maximum length is 128 characters.
Heartbeat Interface Usually a dedicated private network for heartbeat communications. Otherwise, use an
inside interface.
A list of active interfaces defined by the System Setup Wizard is listed in the drop-down
list. If the interface you require is not listed, cancel out of the this wizard, return to the
System Setup Wizard, and configure the interface that you require.
In the Cluster Wizard, once you click Next, you cannot click Back to change the heartbeat
interface. You can rerun the Cluster Wizard to change this setting.
Hot Standby In hot standby mode, only one cluster member is active. One or more other cluster
members are in standby mode for failover purposes. If the active member fails, one of the
members that are in standby mode becomes active.
Cluster management negotiates which cluster member is the active member. It is not
necessarily the cluster member from which the configuration is being deployed.
Load Balancing
algorithm In the Load balancing drop-down list, select the load balancing algorithm for the cluster.
The options are:
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Round Robin
Cluster members are used alternately. Round Robin is the default setting.
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Least Load
The cluster member with the lowest traffic load is selected.
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Random
Cluster members are chosen arbitrarily.