4.6.4 Defining a load balancer
(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
- --
- 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.
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- Specify a string within 32 characters using alphanumeric characters or underscore (_) and hyphen (-).
- Omitting tags
- Can be omitted.
- Omitting values
- 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.
- Specifiable value
- 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.