Host-level policies for global server load balancing
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- storing a first load balancing policy associated with a first domain and a second load balancing policy associated with a second domain different from the first domain; and
ranking, by a load balance switch, network addresses associated with the first domain according to the first load balancing policy; and
ranking, by said load balance switch, network addresses associated with the second domain according to the second load balancing policy.
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Abstract
In a network, a user can configure host-level policies usable for load balancing traffic to servers of a domain. A global server load balancing (GSLB) switch provides load balancing to the servers, and is configured with the GSLB host-level policies. Users can define a host-level policy (alternatively or additionally to a globally applied GSLB policy) and apply the host-level policy to hosts in domains configured on the GSLB switch. Thus, the user can enable different policies for different hosts. This allows the user to have the flexibility to control metrics used for selection of a best address for querying clients, as well as the metric order and additional parameters used in the GSLB process, at the host level.
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14 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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storing a first load balancing policy associated with a first domain and a second load balancing policy associated with a second domain different from the first domain; and ranking, by a load balance switch, network addresses associated with the first domain according to the first load balancing policy; and ranking, by said load balance switch, network addresses associated with the second domain according to the second load balancing policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one storage unit to store a first load balancing policy associated with a first domain and a second load balancing policy associated with a second domain different from the first domain; and a load balance switch, communicatively coupled to said at least one storage unit, to rank network addresses associated with the first domain according to the first load balancing policy and to rank network addresses associated with the second domain according to the second load balancing policy. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a storage medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor of a load balance switch to enable load balancing, by; ranking, by said load balance switch, network addresses associated with a first domain according to a first load balancing policy; and ranking, by said load balance switch, network addresses associated with a second domain according to a second load balancing policy, wherein said second domain is different from said first domain. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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storage means for storing a first load balancing policy associated with a first host and a second load balancing policy associated with a second host different from the first host; and network device means for ranking network addresses associated with the first host according to the first load balancing policy and for ranking network addresses associated with the second host according to the second load balancing policy. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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