Nortel Networks NN43001-121 manual Load Balancer requirements, Tcp

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Table 3

Load balancer minimum configuration

Service

Protocol

Port (range)

Description

TLS pool	TCP	5061	The client listens over the same connection that is
			open to the server. By default, the server listens
			on port 5061 (TCP). The server sends packets to
			the client only over the client TLS session.

DCOM

TCP

135

Installation and management.

—Optionally, configure the TCP pool on port 5060 for clients to connect to the Load balancer through TCP.

Load Balancer requirements

A Load Balancer for the Office Communications Server (OCS) Enterprise pool must meet the following requirements:

•The Load Balancer must expose a VIP Address through Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).

•The VIP must have a single DNS entry, called the pool FQDN.

•The VIP must be a static IP address.

•The Load Balancer must allow multiple open ports on the same VIP. Specifically, it must expose the ports 5060, 5061, 135, 80, 443, and 444.

•The Load Balancer must provide TCP-level affinity. This means that the Load Balancer must ensure that it can establish TCP connections with one Office Communications Server in the pool and all traffic on that connection is destined for that same Office Communications Server.

•The Load Balancer must provide a configurable TCP idle-timeout interval with a maximum value greater than or equal to the minimum of the REGISTER refresh or SIP Keep-Alive interval.

•The Load Balancer must support a rich set of metrics (round robin, least connections, and weighted). Nortel recommends a weighted least connections-based load balancing mechanism for the Load Balancer. This means that the load balancer ranks all Office Communications Servers based on the weight assigned to them and the number of outstanding connections. The Load Balancer use the rank to pick the Office Communications Server to use for the next connection request.

•The Load Balancer must detect Office Communications Server availability by establishing TCP connections to ports 5060, 5061, or both (often called a heartbeat or monitor). The polling interval must be a configurable value with a minimum value of at least five seconds. The load balancer must not select an Office Communications Server that shuts down until it can establish a successful TCP connection (heartbeat) again.

Nortel Communication Server 1000

Nortel Converged Office Fundamentals — Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

NN43001-121 01.03 Standard

Release 5.0 30 April 2008

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