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Upgrading Equalizer Software .............................................................27
Shutting Down Equalizer .....................................................................28
Geographic Load Balancing Configuration ................................................28
Configuring the Authoritative Name Server to Query Envoy ...............28
Using Geographic Load Balancing with Firewalled Networks .............29
Server Configuration ..................................................................................29
Failover Configuration ................................................................................30
Testing Your Configuration ........................................................................30
Equalizer Configuration Checklist ..............................................................31
4 Administering Equalizer Operation.................................................... 33
Introducing the Equalizer Administration Interface ....................................34
Accessing the Administration Interface ......................................................35
Logging In ............................................................................................35
Navigating Through the Interface ........................................................36
Monitoring Equalizer Operation .................................................................37
Displaying Equalizer Information .........................................................38
Displaying the Cluster Summary .........................................................39
Displaying the System Event Log ........................................................40
Displaying Cluster Information .............................................................40
Plotting Cluster Performance ...............................................................41
Displaying Server Information ..............................................................42
Plotting Server Performance ................................................................43
Displaying Geographic Cluster Information .........................................45
Plotting Geographic Cluster Performance ...........................................46
Displaying Site Information ..................................................................48
Plotting Site Performance ....................................................................49
Configuring Equalizer Operation ................................................................50
Setting up a Failover Configuration .....................................................51
Enabling Outbound NAT ......................................................................52
Enabling Passive FTP Connections ....................................................53
Managing Stale Connections ...............................................................53
Enabling Sticky Network Aggregation ..................................................54
Configuring Custom Event Handling ....................................................55
Changing the Administration Passwords .............................................57
Saving or Restoring Your Configuration ....................................................57
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