A descriptive name to identify the virtual server. This name is not the hostname for the machine, so make it descriptive and easily identifiable. You can even reference the protocol used by the virtual server, such as HTTP.

The port number through which the service application will listen.

Provides a choice of UDP or TCP, in a drop-down menu.

The virtual server's floating IP address.

The netmask for this virtual server, in the drop-down menu.

For entering a firewall mark integer value when bundling multi-port protocols or creating a multi-port virtual server for separate, but related protocols.

The name of the network device to which you want the floating IP address defined in the Virtual IP Address field to bind.

You should alias the public floating IP address to the Ethernet interface connected to the public network.

An integer value that defines the number of seconds before the active LVS router attempts to use a real server after the real server failed.

An integer value that defines the number of seconds before a real server is considered dead and not available.

When the Quiesce server radio button is selected, anytime a new real server node comes online, the least-connections table is reset to zero so the active LVS router routes requests as if all the real servers were freshly added to the cluster. This option prevents the a new server from becoming bogged down with a high number of connections upon entering the cluster.

The LVS router can monitor the load on the various real servers by using either rup or ruptime. If you select rup from the drop-down menu, each real server must run the rstatd service. If you select ruptime, each real server must run the rwhod service.

The preferred scheduling algorithm from the drop-down menu. The default is Weighted least-connection.

Used if you need persistent connections to the virtual server during client transactions. Specifies the number of seconds of inactivity allowed to lapse before a connection times out in this text field.

To limit persistence to particular subnet, select the appropriate network mask from the drop-down menu.