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Miscellaneous options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Changing a real server’s IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Adding a description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring a local or remote real server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring a TCP MSS value at the global level . . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring a TCP MSS value for a virtual server . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring a TCP MSS value at the virtual server port level .108
Configuring a TCP MSS value at the TCP profile level . . . . . . .108
Support for TCP Window Scale option in TCP header . . . . . . .108
Binding a TCP profile to a virtual port and
response rewrite policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Limiting the maximum number of TCP SYN requests . . . . . . .110
Configuring the maximum connection rate for a real server .110
Configuring the maximum connection rate for a virtual server111
Disabling port translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Traffic distribution among BPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Including the server client port in hash calculations . . . . . . .113
Sending ICMP Port Unreachable or Destination Unreachable
messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Sending a TCP RST to a client that requests unavailable
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Sending a TCP RST when TCP session entry ages out . . . . . .114
Disabling TCP RST message when a real server goes down
during an open session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
No TCP RST response to non-SYN first packet of a TCP flow .115
Decrement counters in deletion queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Optimized fast-path SLB processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Configuring TCP fast aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Server opt-enable-route recalculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Enabling use of the client MAC address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Enabling transparent VIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Enabling SYN ACK threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Replacing the source MAC address of the packet. . . . . . . . . .118
Cloning real servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Configuring a host range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Unbinding all application ports from virtual servers . . . . . . . .119
Identifying VIP port as TCP only or UDP only . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Enabling fast aging for UDP sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Enabling normal UDP aging for DNS and RADIUS . . . . . . . . . .121
Setting TCP and UDP ages for VIPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Configuring session aging behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Configuring DNS CPU-based throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Configuring UDP DNS count connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Dedicated next hop per VIP for reverse SLB traffic . . . . . . . . .123
VIP route health injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
VIP RHI with dangling subnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
VIP RHI and high availability topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Application-specific SLB considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
RTSP server load balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Deletion of UDP data session along with TCP control session
for RTSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
TFTP load balancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150