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Signed-off-by: Radhika PC <radhika.puthiyetath@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Brockmeier <jzb@zonker.net>
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<section id="external-guest-lb-integration">
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<title>External Guest Load Balancer Integration (Optional)</title>
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<para>&PRODUCT; can optionally use a Citrix NetScaler or BigIP F5 load balancer to provide load
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balancing services to guests. If this is not enabled, &PRODUCT; will use the software load
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balancer in the virtual router.</para>
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<para>To install and enable an external load balancer for &PRODUCT; management:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set up the appliance according to the vendor's directions.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Connect it to the networks carrying public traffic and management traffic (these could
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be the same network).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Record the IP address, username, password, public interface name, and private interface
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name. The interface names will be something like "1.1" or "1.2".</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Make sure that the VLANs are trunked to the management network interface.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>After the &PRODUCT; Management Server is installed, log in as administrator to the
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&PRODUCT; UI.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>In the left navigation bar, click Infrastructure.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>In Zones, click View More.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Choose the zone you want to work with.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the Network tab.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>In the Network Service Providers node of the diagram, click Configure. (You might have
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to scroll down to see this.)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click NetScaler or F5.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the Add button (+) and provide the following:</para>
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<para>For NetScaler:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>IP Address: The IP address of the SRX.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Username/Password: The authentication credentials to access the device. &PRODUCT;
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uses these credentials to access the device.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Type: The type of device that is being added. It could be F5 Big Ip Load Balancer,
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NetScaler VPX, NetScaler MPX, or NetScaler SDX. For a comparison of the NetScaler types,
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see the &PRODUCT; Administration Guide.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Public interface: Interface of device that is configured to be part of the public
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network.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Private interface: Interface of device that is configured to be part of the private
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network.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Number of retries. Number of times to attempt a command on the device before
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considering the operation failed. Default is 2.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Capacity: The number of networks the device can handle.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Dedicated: When marked as dedicated, this device will be dedicated to a single
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account. When Dedicated is checked, the value in the Capacity field has no significance
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implicitly, its value is 1.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click OK.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>The installation and provisioning of the external load balancer is finished. You can proceed
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to add VMs and NAT or load balancing rules.</para>
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</section>
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