The table below shows the application server's functionality for complying with requests for secure communication with other programs via linkage. Select the functionality that best suits the purpose of your system. For functional details, see the relevant information.

Table 1-5 Functionality for complying with requests for secure communication with other programs via linkage and associated system purposes

Functionality	System purpose					Compliance with Java EE standard		Relevant information
	Rel.	Per.	Op. and maint.	Expand	Other	Std.	Extd.
Use of an API for direct access to load balancers, and control of load balancers using the operation management functionality	--	--	--	--	S	--	--	Chapter 8

Legend:

Rel.: Reliability

Per.: Performance

Op. and maint.: Operation and maintenance

Expand.: Expandability

Std.: Standard

Extd.: Extended

S: Supported

--: Not supported