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3 Select and Configure Services for the Pool on page 136
You can select and configure the services to be supported by this pool.
4 Define Health Check Parameters on page 137
A health check checks that all servers in the server pool are alive and answering queries.
5 Add Servers on page 137
Add backend servers to the pool.
6 Review Settings and Add Pool on page 138
Before you add the server pool, review the settings you entered.
Open the Add Pool Wizard
Open the Add Pool wizard to start the process of adding a load balancer pool.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges link.
5 Double-click a vShield Edge instance.
6 Click the Load Balancer tab.
7 Ensure that you are in the Pools tab.
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Click the Add ( ) icon.
The Add Pool wizard opens.
Name the Load Balancer Pool
Provide a descriptive name and an optional description for the load balancer pool.
Procedure
1 In the Name and Description page of the Add pool wizard, type a name for the load balancer pool.
2 (Optional) Type a description for the pool.
3 Click Next.
Select and Configure Services for the Pool
You can select and configure the services to be supported by this pool.
Procedure
1 In the Services page of the Add pool wizard, click Enable for each service to support.
2 Select a balancing method for each enabled service.
Option Description
IP_HASH
Selects a server based on a hash of the source and destination IP address of
each packet.
LEAST_CONN
Distributes client requests to multiple servers based on the number of
connections already on the server. New connections are sent to the server
with the fewest connections.
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