Intel 7190 Who Should Use This Book, User Guide Summary, Two Versions, Scalability, Flexibility

C H A P T E R 1 Intel® NetStructure™ 7195 Multi-Site Traffic Director User Guide

Two Versions of the 7190

Scalability

The 7190 can work cooperatively with up to fifteen other 7190s in deployment across sites. A site may be managed by any Intel®

NetStructure™	e-Commerce Traffic Director or Intel®
NetStructure™	Commerce Director, which can in turn intelligently

manage server farms, and return server performance data to the 7190. The 7190 also supports sites that do not have an Intel® load balancers.

Flexibility

The 7190 offers six distinct methods of balancing your distributed resources, ensuring a solution for your multi-site problems.

There are two versions of the 7190. One uses strong encryption (128- bit encryption) and the other uses weak encryption (56-bit encryption). The 7190 version that may be exported to certain countries is subject to U.S. export restrictions.

Who Should Use This Book

This user guide is intended for network administrators with a basic knowledge of:

•Networking concepts and terminology

•Network topologies

•IP routing

•DNS and BIND

User Guide Summary

In addition to this introduction, the user guide contains the following chapters:

•7190 Theory of Operation

An overview of the multi-site network, the 7190’s place in it, and some concepts you need to know to use the unit effectively

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