Chapter 17 Inbound Load Balancing

•Use the Inbound LB Add/Edit screen (see Section 17.2.1 on page 249) to add or edit a DNS load balancing rule.

17.2The Inbound LB Screen

The Inbound LB screen provides a summary of all DNS load balancing rules and the details. You can also use this screen to add, edit, or remove the rules. Click Configuration > Network > Inbound LB to open the following screen.

Note: After you finish the inbound load balancing settings, go to firewall and NAT screens to configure the corresponding rule and virtual server to allow the Internet users to access your internal servers.

Figure 146 Configuration > Network > Inbound LB

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 92 Configuration > Network > Inbound LB

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Global Setting

 

 

 

Enable DNS Load

Select this to enable DNS load balancing.

Balancing

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

Add

Click this to create a new entry.

 

 

Edit

Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can

 

modify the entry’s settings.

 

 

Remove

To remove an entry, select it and click Remove. The ZyWALL confirms you want to

 

remove it before doing so.

 

 

Activate

To turn on an entry, select it and click Activate.

 

 

Inactivate

To turn off an entry, select it and click Inactivate.

 

 

Move

To move an entry to a different number in the list, click the Move icon. In the field

 

that appears, specify the number to which you want to move the entry.

 

 

Status

This icon is lit when the entry is active and dimmed when the entry is inactive.

 

 

Priority

This field displays the order in which the ZyWALL checks the member interfaces of

 

this DNS load balancing rule.

 

 

Query Domain Name

This field displays the domain name for which the ZyWALL manages load balancing

 

between the specified interfaces.

 

 

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