4.6.4 Defining a load balancer

Organization of this subsection
(1) <load-balancer>
(2) <name>
(3) <load-balancer-type>
(4) <display-name>
(5) <description>

(1) <load-balancer>

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Defines a load balancer.
If the Smart Composer functionality is not used to set up the load balancer or to start and shut down the real server port, there is no need to define a load balancer (from the <load-balancer> tag through the </load-balancer> tag). Note that the load balancer need not be defined in the system for executing batch applications.
Specifiable value
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Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.

(2) <name>

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Specifies a name for the load balancer, as a maximum of 32 characters.
Specifiable value
Specify a string within 32 characters using alphanumeric characters or underscore (_) and hyphen (-).
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
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Can be omitted.

(3) <load-balancer-type>

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Specifies one of the following as the type of load balancer: The types of load balancers are as follows:
BIG-IPv9
Specified when BIG-IP v9 is used.
BIG-IPv10.1
Specified when BIG-IP v10.1 is used.
BIG-IPv10.2
Specified when BIG-IP v10.2 is used.
BIG-IPv11
Specified when BIG-IP v11 is used.
ACOS
Specified when ACOS is used.
Make sure that you specify this tag when you use the Smart Composer functionality to set up the load balancer.
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The following strings can be specified:
  • BIG-IPv9
  • BIG-IPv10.1
  • BIG-IPv10.2
  • BIG-IPv11
  • ACOS
Omitting tags
Cannot be omitted.
Omitting values
Cannot be omitted.

(4) <display-name>

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Specifies the display name of the load balancer, as a maximum of 128 characters. There are no restrictions on the permitted characters.
Specifiable value
Specify any string within 128 characters.
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.

(5) <description>

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Specifies a comment about the load balancer, as a maximum of 1,024 characters. There are no restrictions on the permitted characters.
Specifiable value
Specify any string within 1024 characters.
Omitting tags
Can be omitted.
Omitting values
Can be omitted.