Configuring the WSM using Device Manager

Example of cookie-based preferential load balancing

For example, a Web server authenticates a user via a password and then sets cookies to classify customers as Gold, Silver, or Bronze. Servers are configured as follows:

• Real Server 1 handles gold requests.
• Real Server 2 handles silver request.
• Real Server 3 handles bronze request.
• Real Server 4 handles any request that does not have a cookie or matching cookie.

With servers defined to handle the requests listed above, here is what happens:

See also:

• Cookie-based preferential load balancing
• Defining cookie-based criteria
• Configuring cookie-based preferential load balancing
• Content-intelligent switching
• Server load balancing basics
• Virtual server load balancing
• Load balancing special services
• Configuring filters for Layer 4 switching