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Manual: Configuration Guide for BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager
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Original Publication Date: 04/11/2012

Legal Notices
Overview of the Global Traffic Manager
Introducing the Global Traffic Manager
Security features
Introducing Local Traffic Manager resources
Internet protocol and network management support
System synchronization options
Configuring data collection for server status and network path data
Redundant system configurations
Introducing the Configuration utility
Introducing the Traffic Management Shell
Introducing Global Traffic Manager Components
Defining Global Traffic Manager components
Introducing physical network components
Data centers
Servers
Links
Virtual servers
Introducing logical network components
Listeners
Pools
Wide IPs
Distributed applications
Locating a component using the search feature
Setting Up and Configuring the Global Traffic Manager
Setting up the Global Traffic Manager
Configuring the Global Traffic Manager
Defining the Global Traffic Manager
Establishing system communications
Configuring synchronization settings
Configuring auto-discovery
Configuring global monitor settings
Configuring domain validation
Working with Listeners
Introducing listeners
Creating a listener for local resolution
Configuring listeners for traffic forwarding
Configuring a wildcard listener
Modifying listeners
Deleting listeners
Using listeners with VLANs
Configuring a listener for all VLANs
Configuring a listener for specific VLANs
Disabling a listener for specific VLANs
Defining the Physical Network
Introducing physical network components
Managing data centers
Configuring data centers
Modifying data centers
Deleting data centers
Enabling and disabling data centers
Managing servers
Defining BIG-IP systems
Defining third-party load balancing servers
Defining third-party host servers
Searching for a specific server
Assigning monitors to servers
Specifying thresholds for availability
Discovering resources automatically
Managing virtual servers
Adding virtual servers manually
Modifying virtual servers
Removing virtual servers
Managing links
Defining links
Adding and removing routers
Assigning monitors to links
Removing monitors from links
Configuring link weighting and billing properties
Defining the Logical Network
Introducing logical network components
Understanding logical components
Managing pools
Defining pools
Adding virtual servers to pools
Removing virtual servers from pools
Organizing virtual servers within pools
Weighting virtual servers within pools
Disabling and enabling pools
Defining pools using a canonical name
Managing wide IPs
Defining wide IPs
Searching for a specific wide IP
Adding pools to wide IPs
Removing pools from wide IPs
Organizing pools within wide IPs
Weighting pools within wide IPs
Disabling and enabling wide IPs
Incorporating iRules
Implementing the NoError response for IPv6 resolution
Managing distributed applications
Defining distributed applications
Adding wide IPs to distributed applications
Removing wide IPs from distributed applications
Setting dependencies for distributed applications
Enabling and disabling distributed application traffic
Enabling persistent connections
Load Balancing with the Global Traffic Manager
Understanding load balancing on the Global Traffic Manager
Using static load balancing modes
Drop Packet mode
Fallback IP mode
Global Availability mode
None mode
Ratio mode
Return to DNS mode
Round Robin mode
Static Persist mode
Topology mode
Using dynamic load balancing modes
Types of dynamic load balancing modes
Implementing the Quality of Service load balancing mode
Using the Dynamic Ratio option
Configuring load balancing
Configuring load balancing methods for wide IPs
Configuring load balancing methods for pools
Using the fallback load balancing method
Configuring the fallback load balancing method
Employing additional load balancing options
Managing Connections
Introducing connection management
Determining resource health
Determining resource availability
Establishing limit settings
Using monitors to determine availability
Managing dependencies for virtual servers
Resuming connections to resources
Establishing persistent connections
Draining persistent requests
Setting the last resort pool
Load Balancing Connection Requests Using Topologies
Overview of topologies
Understanding topology records
Understanding user-defined regions
Configuring the Global Traffic Manager to route connection requests to the closest data center
Configuring Topology load balancing at the wide IP level
Configuring Topology load balancing at the pool level
Configuring Topology load balancing at both the wide IP and pool levels
Implementing topologies
Downloading and installing updates to the IP geolocation data
Creating a topology record
Configuring a wide IP for Topology load balancing
Configuring a pool for Topology load balancing
Reloading default geolocation data
Removing topology records
Disabling the Longest Match option
Working with DNSSEC Keys and Zones
About DNSSEC
Introducing DNSSEC keys and zones
Understanding DNSSEC keys
Managing DNSSEC keys
Creating DNSSEC zone-signing and key-signing keys
Modifying DNSSEC keys
Deleting DNSSEC keys
Modifying generations of a DNSSEC key
Performing a manual rollover of a key
Managing DNSSEC zones
Creating DNSSEC zones
Viewing the status of DNSSEC zones
Modifying DNSSEC zones
Deleting DNSSEC zones
Viewing DNSSEC resource records
Configuring Monitors
Introducing monitors
Summary of monitor types
Overview of monitor settings
Understanding pre-configured and custom monitors
Creating a custom monitor
Configuring monitor settings
Simple monitors
Extended Content Verification (ECV) monitors
External Application Verification (EAV) monitors
Special configuration considerations
Setting destinations
Using transparent and reverse modes
Configuring when a virtual server is marked down
Configuring an ECV monitor to ignore a down response
Associating monitors with resources
Types of monitor associations
Managing monitors
Displaying monitor settings
Deleting monitors
Enabling and disabling monitor instances
Viewing Statistics
Introducing statistics
Accessing statistics
Viewing the Status Summary screen
Understanding the types of statistics
Distributed application statistics
Wide IP statistics
Pool statistics
Data center statistics
Link statistics
Server statistics
Virtual server statistics
Paths statistics
Local DNS statistics
Understanding persistence records
Collecting Metrics
Introducing metrics collection
Defining metrics
Assigning probes to local domain name systems
Configuring TTL and timer values
Excluding an LDNS from probes
Removing an LDNS from the address exclusion list
Viewing Performance Data
Introducing performance data graphs
Viewing performance data
About the GTM Performance graph
About the GTM Request Breakdown graph
Managing iRules
Introducing iRules for the Global Traffic Manager
What is an iRule?
Creating iRules
Assigning iRules
Controlling iRule evaluation
Specifying events
Using the when keyword
Listing iRules on wide IPs
Using statement commands
Using wide IP commands
Using utility commands
Parsing and manipulating content
Ensuring data integrity
Retrieving resource information
Using protocol commands
IP commands
TCP commands
UDP commands
Removing iRules
Managing DNS Files with ZoneRunner
Introducing ZoneRunner
Working with DNS and BIND
Understanding ZoneRunner tasks
Working with zone files
Types of zone files
Creating zone files
Importing zone files
Searching for a specific zone
Modifying zones
Deleting zones
Working with resource records
Types of resource records
Creating resource records
Modifying a resource record
Working with views
Adding views
Modifying views
Deleting views
Adding zones to views
Managing the named.conf file
Working with the big3d Agent
Introducing the big3d agent
Collecting path data and server performance metrics
Setting up data collection with the big3d agent
Understanding the data collection and broadcasting sequence
Setting up communication between Global Traffic Manager systems and other servers
Setting up iQuery communications for the big3d agent
Allowing iQuery communications to pass through firewalls
Communications between Global Traffic Manager systems, big3d agents, and local DNS servers
Understanding Probes
Introducing probes
Understanding iQuery
Determining probe responsibility
Selecting a big3d agent
Designating a specific server
Managing LDNS probes
Using log entries to tune probes
Enabling probe logs
Understanding the probe information in the log file