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Working with Clusters and Match Rules

Subsections include:

Overview of Clusters

Cluster Summary

Cluster Connection Timeouts

Adding and Deleting Clusters

Modifying a Layer 4 TCP or UDP Cluster

TCP Cluster Summary

TCP Cluster Settings

TCP Cluster Persistence

TCP Cluster Timeouts

UDP Cluster Summary

UDP Cluster Settings

UDP Cluster Persistence

UDP Cluster Timeouts

UDP Cluster Limitations

Modifying a Layer 7 HTTP or HTTPS Cluster

Layer 7 Cluster Configuration Summary

Layer 7 HTTP and HTTPS Cluster Settings

Layer 7 Security Certificate Screen (HTTPS Clusters)

Layer 7 SSL Security (HTTPS Clusters)

Layer 7 HTTP and HTTPS Cluster Persistence

Fallback Persistence Scenarios

Server Side Encryption

Layer 7 Cluster Reporting

Layer 7 Cluster Timeouts

Server Name Indication (SNI)

Using Layer 7 TCP Clusters

Layer 7 TCP Cluster Persistence

Additional Cluster Configuration

About Passive FTP Translation

Enabling Cookies for Persistent Connections

Enabling Persistent Server Connections

Enabling Sticky Connections

Enabling the Once Only and Persist Options

Enabling Both the Once Only and Always Options

Enabling Once Only and Compression

Enabling Once Only and No Header Rewrite for HTTPS

Specifying a Custom Header for HTTP/HTTPS Clusters

Performance Considerations for HTTPS Clusters

HTTPS Performance and Xcel SSL Acceleration

HTTPS Header Injection

Providing FTP Services on a Virtual Cluster

FTP Cluster Configuration

Configuring Direct Server Return

Testing Your Basic Configuration

Using Match Rules

How Match Rules are Processed

Match Rule Order

Match Rule Expressions and Bodies

Match Rule Expressions

Match Bodies

Match Rule Functions

Match Rule Operators

Match Rule Definitions

Match Rule Expression Examples

Match Rule Expression Notes

Using Responders in Match Rules

Managing Match Rules

Displaying Match Rules

Default Match Rule

Creating a New Match Rule

Modifying a Match Rule

Removing a Match Rule

Using the Match Rule Expression Editor

Operating within the Expression Editor

Cluster and Match Rule Statistics and Reporting

Managing Servers

Server Summary

Adding and Modifying Servers

Server Software Configuration

Adjusting a Server’s Initial Weight

Setting initial Weights for Homogenous Clusters

Maximum Connections Limits, Responders, and Hot Spares

Setting initial Weights for Mixed Clusters

Interaction of Server Options and Connection Processing

Shutting Down a Server Gracefully

Server Configuration Constraints

Configuring Routing on Servers

Spoof Controls SNAT

How Spoof Influences Routing

Server Statistics and Reporting