Chapter 11 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 11.1 Overview Now that the basic SLB and Caching are setup on the FortiBalancer appliance, we can set up the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) acceleration functionality to provide secure transactions with your clients. The SSL Accelerator works by decrypting the secure traffic and passing […]
Chapter 9 DNS Cache 9.1 Overview The DNS SLB mechanism used by FortiBalancer appliance supports DNS cache feature. Upon receiving any type “A” or “AAAA” DNS responses, which are mapping of host names to IP addresses, FortiBalancer will save them in SLB DNS cache. Then, when the FortiBalancer appliance receives […]
Chapter 7 Reverse Proxy Cache 7.1 Overview This chapter will cover the concepts and strategies of using the Reverse Proxy Cache to better enhance the overall speed and performance of your Web servers. Using the cache function will improve website performance and throughput, and will also reduce server load by […]
Chapter 6 Server Load Balancing (SLB) 6.1 Overview SLB (Server Load Balancing) allows you to distribute load and traffic to specific groups of servers or to a specific server. The FortiBalancer appliance supports server load balancing in Layers 2-7 of the OSI network model. Layer 2 SLB is based on […]
Chapter 4 Clustering 4.1 Overview The clustering function allows you to maintain high availability within a local site. With other options you can also distribute load across multiple boxes within a cluster. 4.2 Understanding Clustering The Clustering function allows two or more FortiBalancer appliances to be grouped together to form […]
Chapter 3 Link Aggregation 3.1 Overview This section describes link aggregation functionality of the network. Link Aggregation is also called trunking, which can greatly improve network performance and stability. 3.2 Understanding Link Aggregation Link Aggregation or trunking is a method of combining physical network links into a single logical link […]
Chapter 2 Advanced Network Configuration 2.1 Overview This section focuses on introducing the advanced network configurations, including VLAN, MNET, Port Forwarding, NAT, Dynamic Routing and IP Pool functionalities and configurations on the FortiBalancer appliance. 2.1.1 VLAN VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is used to logically segment a network into smaller […]
Chapter 1 Initial System Setup & Configuration 1.1 Overview This section will outline the initial connection, basic setup and configuration of the FortiBalancer appliance. The easy to follow setup steps are introduced below. 1.1.1 Connecting to FortiBalancer There are three ways to connect to the FortiBalancer appliance in order to […]
