AskF5 | Kapitola manuálu: O virtuálních serverech

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server.

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of

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servers

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You

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can

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create

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1.

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Types

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virtual

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servers

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Type

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Description

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Standard

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(also

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a

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load

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load

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existing

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node

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associated

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node

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self-IP

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address

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VLAN

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group,

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disabling

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virtual

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server

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on

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the

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relevant

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like

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virtual

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server

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has

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no

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pool

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members

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to

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load

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balance.

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server

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packet

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use

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forwarding

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virtual

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server

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direct

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request

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to

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its

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originally-specified

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destination

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Performance

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4

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requests.

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Stateless

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stateless

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server

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the

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putting

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connections

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this

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type

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to

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only.

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virtual

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server

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relays

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messages

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clients

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type

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for

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broadcast

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subnet

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installing

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server

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each

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subnet.

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internal

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virtual

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server

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one

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send

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intermediary

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server

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or

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you

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can

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enable

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CMP

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for

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a

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specific

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CPU.

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