Glossary
This section defines terms and acronyms used throughout the Intel®
NetStructure™ 7190 Multi-Site Traffic Director User Guide.
Agent Refers to a load balancer (7140, 7170, or 7180), specifically to the fulfillment agent on a load balancer, which communicates service availability and metric information related to the VIPs brokered by the load balancer to a 7190. All VIPs associated with an agent share a common Flash Source.
Broker Better known as a load balancer (7140, 7170, or 7180). The term is often used as an adjective to describe a site containing load balancers, e.g., a “brokered” site.
CPU Utilization of Algorithm that monitors load balancer workload and directs clients to
Load Balancer the site with the lowest workload.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol allows servers to dynamically assign IP addresses to nodes (workstations) on the fly.
DNS Domain Name Server. A nechanism used in the Internet for translating the names of host computers into addresses.
