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<section id="gslb">
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  <title>Global Server Load Balancing Support</title>
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  <para>&PRODUCT; supports Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) functionalities to provide business
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    continuity, and enable seamless resource movement within a &PRODUCT; environment. &PRODUCT;
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    achieve this by extending its functionality of integrating with NetScaler Application Delivery
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    Controller (ADC), which also provides various GSLB capabilities, such as disaster recovery and
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    load balancing. The DNS redirection technique is used to achieve GSLB in &PRODUCT;. </para>
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  <para>In order to support this functionality, region level services and service provider are
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    introduced. A new service 'GSLB' is introduced as a region level service. The GSLB service
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    provider is introduced that will provider the GSLB service. Currently, NetScaler is the
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    supported GSLB provider in &PRODUCT;. GSLB functionality works in an Active-Active data center
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    environment. </para>
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  <section id="about-gslb">
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    <title>About Global Server Load Balancing</title>
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    <para>Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) is an extension of load balancing functionality, which
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      is highly efficient in avoiding downtime. Based on the nature of deployment, GSLB represents a
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      set of technologies that is used for various purposes, such as load sharing, disaster
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      recovery, performance, and legal obligations. With GSLB, workloads can be distributed across
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      multiple data centers situated at geographically separated locations. GSLB can also provide an
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      alternate location for accessing a resource in the event of a failure, or to provide a means
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      of shifting traffic easily to simplify maintenance, or both.</para>
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    <section id="gslb-comp">
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      <title>Components of GSLB</title>
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      <para>A typical GSLB environment is comprised of the following components:</para>
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      <itemizedlist>
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        <listitem>
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          <para><emphasis role="bold">GSLB Site</emphasis>: In &PRODUCT; terminology, GSLB sites are
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            represented by zones that are mapped to data centers, each of which has various network
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            appliances. Each GSLB site is managed by a NetScaler appliance that is local to that
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            site. Each of these appliances treats its own site as the local site and all other
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            sites, managed by other appliances, as remote sites. It is the central entity in a GSLB
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            deployment, and is represented by a name and an IP address.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para><emphasis role="bold">GSLB Services</emphasis>: A GSLB service is typically
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            represented by a load balancing or content switching virtual server. In a GSLB
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            environment, you can have a local as well as remote GSLB services. A local GSLB service
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            represents a local load balancing or content switching virtual server. A remote GSLB
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            service is the one configured at one of the other sites in the GSLB setup. At each site
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            in the GSLB setup, you can create one local GSLB service and any number of remote GSLB
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            services.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para><emphasis role="bold">GSLB Virtual Servers</emphasis>: A GSLB virtual server refers
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            to one or more GSLB services and balances traffic between traffic across the VMs in
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            multiple zones by using the &PRODUCT; functionality. It evaluates the configured GSLB
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            methods or algorithms to select a GSLB service to which to send the client requests. One
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            or more virtual servers from different zones are bound to the GSLB virtual server. GSLB
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            virtual server does not have a public IP associated with it, instead it will have a FQDN
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            DNS name.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para><emphasis role="bold">Load Balancing or Content Switching Virtual
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            Servers</emphasis>: According to Citrix NetScaler terminology, a load balancing or
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            content switching virtual server represents one or many servers on the local network.
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            Clients send their requests to the load balancing or content switching virtual server’s
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            virtual IP (VIP) address, and the virtual server balances the load across the local
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            servers. After a GSLB virtual server selects a GSLB service representing either a local
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            or a remote load balancing or content switching virtual server, the client sends the
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            request to that virtual server’s VIP address.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para><emphasis role="bold">DNS VIPs</emphasis>: DNS virtual IP represents a load
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            balancing DNS virtual server on the GSLB service provider. The DNS requests for domains
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            for which the GSLB service provider is authoritative can be sent to a DNS VIP.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para><emphasis role="bold">Authoritative DNS</emphasis>: ADNS (Authoritative Domain Name
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            Server) is a service that provides actual answer to DNS queries, such as web site IP
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            address. In a GSLB environment, an ADNS service responds only to DNS requests for
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            domains for which the GSLB service provider is authoritative. When an ADNS service is
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            configured, the service provider owns that IP address and advertises it. When you create
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            an ADNS service, the NetScaler responds to DNS queries on the configured ADNS service IP
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            and port.</para>
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        </listitem>
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      </itemizedlist>
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    </section>
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    <section id="concept-gslb">
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      <title>How Does GSLB Works in &PRODUCT;?</title>
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      <para>Global server load balancing is used to manage the traffic flow to a web site hosted on
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        two separate zones that ideally are in different geographic locations. The following is an
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        illustration of how GLSB functionality is provided in &PRODUCT;: An organization, xyztelco,
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        has set up a public cloud that spans two zones, Zone-1 and Zone-2, across geographically
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        separated data centers that are managed by &PRODUCT;. Tenant-A of the cloud launches a
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        highly available solution by using xyztelco cloud. For that purpose, they launch two
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        instances each in both the zones: VM1 and VM2 in Zone-1 and VM5 and VM6 in Zone-2. Tenant-A
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        acquires a public IP, IP-1 in Zone-1, and configures a load balancer rule to load balance
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        the traffic between VM1 and VM2 instances. &PRODUCT; orchestrates setting up a virtual
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        server on the LB service provider in Zone-1. Virtual server 1 that is set up on the LB
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        service provider in Zone-1 represents a publicly accessible virtual server that client
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        reaches at IP-1. The client traffic to virtual server 1 at IP-1 will be load balanced across
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        VM1 and VM2 instances. </para>
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      <para>Tenant-A acquires another public IP, IP-2 in Zone-2 and sets up a load balancer rule to
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        load balance the traffic between VM5 and VM6 instances. Similarly in Zone-2, &PRODUCT;
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        orchestrates setting up a virtual server on the LB service provider. Virtual server 2 that
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        is setup on the LB service provider in Zone-2 represents a publicly accessible virtual
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        server that client reaches at IP-2. The client traffic that reaches virtual server 2 at IP-2
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        is load balanced across VM5 and VM6 instances. At this point Tenant-A has the service
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        enabled in both the zones, but has no means to set up a disaster recovery plan if one of the
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        zone fails. Additionally, there is no way for Tenant-A to load balance the traffic
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        intelligently to one of the zones based on load, proximity and so on. The cloud
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        administrator of xyztelco provisions a GSLB service provider to both the zones. A GSLB
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        provider is typically an ADC that has the ability to act as an ADNS (Authoritative Domain
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        Name Server) and has the mechanism to monitor health of virtual servers both at local and
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        remote sites. The cloud admin enables GSLB as a service to the tenants that use zones 1 and
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        2. </para>
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      <mediaobject>
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        <imageobject>
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          <imagedata fileref="./images/gslb.png"/>
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        </imageobject>
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        <textobject>
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          <phrase>gslb.png: GSLB architecture</phrase>
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        </textobject>
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      </mediaobject>
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      <para>Tenant-A wishes to leverage the GSLB service provided by the xyztelco cloud. Tenant-A
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        configures a GSLB rule to load balance traffic across virtual server 1 at Zone-1 and virtual
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        server 2 at Zone-2. The domain name is provided as A.xyztelco.com. &PRODUCT; orchestrates
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        setting up GSLB virtual server 1 on the GSLB service provider at Zone-1. &PRODUCT; binds
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        virtual server 1 of Zone-1 and virtual server 2 of Zone-2 to GLSB virtual server 1. GSLB
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        virtual server 1 is configured to start monitoring the health of virtual server 1 and 2 in
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        Zone-1. &PRODUCT; will also orchestrate setting up GSLB virtual server 2 on GSLB service
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        provider at Zone-2. &PRODUCT; will bind virtual server 1 of Zone-1 and virtual server 2 of
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        Zone-2 to GLSB virtual server 2. GSLB virtual server 2 is configured to start monitoring the
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        health of virtual server 1 and 2. &PRODUCT; will bind the domain A.xyztelco.com to both the
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        GSLB virtual server 1 and 2. At this point, Tenant-A service will be globally reachable at
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        A.xyztelco.com. The private DNS server for the domain xyztelcom.com is configured by the
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        admin out-of-band to resolve the domain A.xyztelco.com to the GSLB providers at both the
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        zones, which are configured as ADNS for the domain A.xyztelco.com. A client when sends a DNS
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        request to resolve A.xyztelcom.com, will eventually get DNS delegation to the address of
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        GSLB providers at zone 1 and 2. A client DNS request will be received by the GSLB provider.
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        The GSLB provider, depending on the domain for which it needs to resolve, will pick up the
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        GSLB virtual server associated with the domain. Depending on the health of the virtual
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        servers being load balanced, DNS request for the domain will be resolved to the public IP
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        associated with the selected virtual server.</para>
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    </section>
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  </section>
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  <section id="gslb-workflow">
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    <title>Configuring GSLB</title>
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    <para>To configure a GSLB deployment, you must first configure a standard load balancing setup
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      for each zone. This enables you to balance load across the different servers in each zone in
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      the region. Then on the NetScaler side, configure both NetScaler appliances that you plan to
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      add to each zone as authoritative DNS (ADNS) servers. Next, create a GSLB site for each zone,
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      configure GSLB virtual servers for each site, create GLSB services, and bind the GSLB services
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      to the GSLB virtual servers. Finally, bind the domain to the GSLB virtual servers. The GSLB
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      configurations on the two appliances at the two different zones are identical, although each
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      sites load-balancing configuration is specific to that site.</para>
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    <para>Perform the following as a cloud administrator. As per the example given above, the
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      administrator of xyztelco is the one who sets up GSLB:</para>
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    <orderedlist>
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      <listitem>
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        <para>In the cloud.dns.name global parameter, specify the DNS name of your tenant's cloud
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          that make use of the GSLB service.</para>
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      </listitem>
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      <listitem>
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        <para>On the NetScaler side, configure GSLB as given in <ulink
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            url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-config-con.html"
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            >Configuring Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)</ulink>:</para>
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        <orderedlist>
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          <listitem>
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            <para>Configuring a standard load balancing setup.</para>
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          </listitem>
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          <listitem>
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            <para>Configure Authoritative DNS, as explained in <ulink
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                url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-config-adns-svc-tsk.html"
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                >Configuring an Authoritative DNS Service</ulink>.</para>
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          </listitem>
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          <listitem>
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            <para>Configure a GSLB site with site name formed from the domain name details.</para>
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            <para>Configure a GSLB site with the site name formed from the domain name.</para>
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            <para>As per the example given above, the site names are A.xyztelco.com and
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              B.xyztelco.com.</para>
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            <para>For more information, see <ulink
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                url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-config-basic-site-tsk.html"
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                >Configuring a Basic GSLB Site</ulink>.</para>
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          </listitem>
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          <listitem>
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            <para>Configure a GSLB virtual server.</para>
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            <para>For more information, see <ulink
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                url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-config-vsvr-tsk.html"
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                >Configuring a GSLB Virtual Server</ulink>.</para>
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          </listitem>
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          <listitem>
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            <para>Configure a GSLB service for each virtual server.</para>
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            <para>For more information, see <ulink
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                url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-config-svc-tsk.html"
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                >Configuring a GSLB Service</ulink>.</para>
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          </listitem>
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          <listitem>
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            <para>Bind the GSLB services to the GSLB virtual server.</para>
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            <para>For more information, see <ulink
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                url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-bind-svc-vsvr-tsk.html"
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                >Binding GSLB Services to a GSLB Virtual Server</ulink>.</para>
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          </listitem>
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          <listitem>
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            <para>Bind domain name to GSLB virtual server. Domain name is obtained from the domain
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              details.</para>
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            <para>For more information, see <ulink
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                url="http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/netscaler-traffic-management-10-map/ns-gslb-bind-dom-vsvr-tsk.html"
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                >Binding a Domain to a GSLB Virtual Server</ulink>.</para>
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          </listitem>
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        </orderedlist>
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      </listitem>
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      <listitem>
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        <para>In each zone that are participating in GSLB, add GSLB-enabled NetScaler device.</para>
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        <para>For more information, see <xref linkend="enable-glsb-ns"/>.</para>
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      </listitem>
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    </orderedlist>
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    <para>As a domain administrator/ user perform the following:</para>
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    <orderedlist>
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      <listitem>
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        <para>Add a GSLB rule on both the sites.</para>
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        <para>See <xref linkend="gslb-add"/>.</para>
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      </listitem>
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      <listitem>
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        <para>Assign load balancer rules.</para>
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        <para>See <xref linkend="assign-lb-gslb"/>.</para>
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      </listitem>
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    </orderedlist>
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    <section id="prereq-gslb">
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      <title>Prerequisites and Guidelines</title>
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      <itemizedlist>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The GSLB functionality is supported both Basic and Advanced zones.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>GSLB is added as a new network service.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>GSLB service provider can be added to a physical network in a zone.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The admin is allowed to enable or disable GSLB functionality at region level.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The admin is allowed to configure a zone as GSLB capable or enabled. </para>
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          <para>A zone shall be considered as GSLB capable only if a GSLB service provider is
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            provisioned in the zone.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>When users have VMs deployed in multiple availability zones which are GSLB enabled,
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            they can use the GSLB functionality to load balance traffic across the VMs in multiple
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            zones.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The users can use GSLB to load balance across the VMs across zones in a region only
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            if the admin has enabled GSLB in that region. </para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The users can load balance traffic across the availability zones in the same region
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            or different regions.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The admin can configure DNS name for the entire cloud.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The users can specify an unique name across the cloud for a globally load balanced
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            service. The provided name is used as the domain name under the DNS name associated with
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            the cloud.</para>
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          <para>The user-provided name along with the admin-provided DNS name is used to produce a
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            globally resolvable FQDN for the globally load balanced service of the user. For
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            example, if the admin has configured xyztelco.com as the DNS name for the cloud, and
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            user specifies 'foo' for the GSLB virtual service, then the FQDN name of the GSLB
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            virtual service is foo.xyztelco.com.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>While setting up GSLB, users can select a load balancing method, such as round
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            robin, for using across the zones that are part of GSLB.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The user shall be able to set weight to zone-level virtual server. Weight shall be
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            considered by the load balancing method for distributing the traffic.</para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>The GSLB functionality shall support session persistence, where series of client
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            requests for particular domain name is sent to a virtual server on the same zone. </para>
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          <para>Statistics is collected from each GSLB virtual server.</para>
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        </listitem>
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      </itemizedlist>
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    </section>
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    <section id="enable-glsb-ns">
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      <title>Enabling GSLB in NetScaler</title>
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      <para>In each zone, add GSLB-enabled NetScaler device for load balancing.</para>
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      <orderedlist>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>Log in as administrator to the &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 Physical Network tab, then click the name of the physical network. </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. </para>
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          <para>You might have to scroll down to see this.</para>
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        </listitem>
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						||
        <listitem>
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						||
          <para>Click NetScaler.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Click Add NetScaler device and provide the following:</para>
 | 
						||
          <para>For NetScaler:</para>
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						||
          <itemizedlist>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">IP Address</emphasis>: The IP address of the SRX.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Username/Password</emphasis>: The authentication
 | 
						||
                credentials to access the device. &PRODUCT; uses these credentials to access the
 | 
						||
                device.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Type</emphasis>: The type of device that is being added.
 | 
						||
                It could be F5 Big Ip Load Balancer, NetScaler VPX, NetScaler MPX, or NetScaler SDX.
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						||
                For a comparison of the NetScaler types, see the &PRODUCT; Administration
 | 
						||
                Guide.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Public interface</emphasis>: Interface of device that is
 | 
						||
                configured to be part of the public network.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Private interface</emphasis>: Interface of device that is
 | 
						||
                configured to be part of the private network.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">GSLB service</emphasis>: Select this option.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">GSLB service Public IP</emphasis>: The public IP address
 | 
						||
                of the NAT translator for a GSLB service that is on a private network.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">GSLB service Private IP</emphasis>: The private IP of the
 | 
						||
                GSLB service.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Number of Retries</emphasis>. Number of times to attempt a
 | 
						||
                command on the device before considering the operation failed. Default is 2.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Capacity</emphasis>: The number of networks the device can
 | 
						||
                handle.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Dedicated</emphasis>: When marked as dedicated, this
 | 
						||
                device will be dedicated to a single account. When Dedicated is checked, the value
 | 
						||
                in the Capacity field has no significance implicitly, its value is 1.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
          </itemizedlist>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Click OK.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
      </orderedlist>
 | 
						||
    </section>
 | 
						||
    <section id="gslb-add">
 | 
						||
      <title>Adding a GSLB Rule</title>
 | 
						||
      <orderedlist>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as a domain administrator or user.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>In the left navigation pane, click Region.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Select the region for which you want to create a GSLB rule.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>In the Details tab, click View GSLB.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Click Add GSLB.</para>
 | 
						||
          <para>The Add GSLB page is displayed as follows:</para>
 | 
						||
          <mediaobject>
 | 
						||
            <imageobject>
 | 
						||
              <imagedata fileref="./images/add-gslb.png"/>
 | 
						||
            </imageobject>
 | 
						||
            <textobject>
 | 
						||
              <phrase>gslb-add.png: adding a gslb rule</phrase>
 | 
						||
            </textobject>
 | 
						||
          </mediaobject>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Specify the following:</para>
 | 
						||
          <itemizedlist>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Name</emphasis>: Name for the GSLB rule.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Description</emphasis>: (Optional) A short description of
 | 
						||
                the GSLB rule that can be displayed to users.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">GSLB Domain Name</emphasis>: A preferred domain name for
 | 
						||
                the service.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Algorithm</emphasis>: (Optional) The algorithm to use to
 | 
						||
                load balance the traffic across the zones. The options are Round Robin, Least
 | 
						||
                Connection, and Proximity.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Service Type</emphasis>: The transport protocol to use for
 | 
						||
                GSLB. The options are TCP and UDP.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Domain</emphasis>: (Optional) The domain for which you
 | 
						||
                want to create the GSLB rule.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
            <listitem>
 | 
						||
              <para><emphasis role="bold">Account</emphasis>: (Optional) The account on which you
 | 
						||
                want to apply the GSLB rule.</para>
 | 
						||
            </listitem>
 | 
						||
          </itemizedlist>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Click OK to confirm.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
      </orderedlist>
 | 
						||
    </section>
 | 
						||
    <section id="assign-lb-gslb">
 | 
						||
      <title>Assigning Load Balancing Rules to GSLB</title>
 | 
						||
      <orderedlist>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as a domain administrator or user.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>In the left navigation pane, click Region.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Select the region for which you want to create a GSLB rule.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>In the Details tab, click View GSLB.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Select the desired GSLB.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Click view assigned load balancing.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Click assign more load balancing.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Select the load balancing rule you have created for the zone.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
        <listitem>
 | 
						||
          <para>Click OK to confirm.</para>
 | 
						||
        </listitem>
 | 
						||
      </orderedlist>
 | 
						||
    </section>
 | 
						||
  </section>
 | 
						||
  <section>
 | 
						||
    <title>Known Limitation</title>
 | 
						||
    <para>Currently, &PRODUCT; does not support orchestration of services across the zones. The
 | 
						||
      notion of services and service providers in region are to be introduced.</para>
 | 
						||
  </section>
 | 
						||
</section>
 |