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  • Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
    Stanislas_Piro2
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    Jan 10, 2019

    Load balancing works as a destination nat device.

     

    When it receive a new connection, it select a destination server in a pool, then change destination ip to this server.

     

    In load balancing, a VIP (virtual server in F5 terminology) is the listener that receive the connection on a virtual ip from the client and load balance to pool members