Command Line Interface Reference Guide > The SLB Configuration Menu
The SLB Configuration Menu
Server Load Balancing (SLB) lets you configure Alteon to balance user session traffic among a pool of available servers that provide shared services. In an average network that employs multiple servers without SLB, each server usually specializes in providing one or two unique services. If one of these servers provides access to applications or data that is in high demand, it can become overused. Placing this kind of strain on a server can decrease the performance of the entire network as user requests are rejected by the server and then resubmitted by the user stations. With this feature, Alteon is aware of the services provided by each server and can direct user session traffic to an appropriate server, based on a variety of load-balancing algorithms.
This section discusses how to use the CLI to configure SLB. For detailed information on this feature, refer to the Alteon Command Line Interface Application Guide.
This menu only appears on the vADC Administrator environment in ADC-VX mode.
Note: If Alteon maintains multiple management sessions via Telnet, SSH, and/or HTTP, do not perform any configuration or update operations when an Apply operation is in progress on one of the management sessions.
Note: When you set the ID while configuring objects such as real servers, virtual servers, or groups, ensure that you also specify at least one additional setting such as the description. Otherwise, Alteon does not treat such an object as created and removes it on apply.