Chapter 19 System Management 19.1 Administrative Tools 19.1.1 Overview This chapter will focus on various configuration maintenance elements, such as downloading new OS software, rebooting your FortiBalancer appliance, reverting your configuration to a previously saved status or returning the FortiBalancer appliance to its factory default settings among other closing strategies. […]
Chapter 17 ePolicy 17.1 Overview ePolicy is a script-based function for extending the capabilities of the FortiBalancer appliance. Using the scripts written in Tools Command Language (TCL), you can customize new features in addition to the existing functions on the FortiBalancer appliance. For example, the FortiBalancer appliance can be customized […]
Chapter 15 Access Control 15.1 WebWall 15.1.1 Overview The WebWall functionality of the FortiBalancer appliance allows you to create permit/deny rules to filter packets passing through your network infrastructure. The WebWall supports the filtering of TCP, UDP and ICMP packets that are using the IPv4 or IPv6 address. To use […]
Chapter 14 Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) 14.1 Overview GSLB (Global Server Load Balance) is also known as Smart DNS (SDNS). This function allows you to distribute Web traffic among a collection of servers deployed in multiple geographic locations. We will cover introduction of GSLB and the examples of GSLB […]
Chapter 13 Link Load Balancing (LLB) 13.1 Overview This chapter details the configuration of the following Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balancing implementations: Single FortiBalancer appliance and two ISPs Dual FortiBalancer appliances and two ISPs 13.2 Understanding LLB LLB (Link Load Balancing) allows TCP/IP network traffic to be load balanced […]
Chapter 12 Quality of Service (QoS) 12.1 Overview This chapter introduces how to setup the QoS (Quality of Service) function on the FortiBalancer appliance. We setup the QoS functionality to provide administrators with the control over network bandwidth and allow them to manage the network from the business perspective, rather […]
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 10 HTTP Compression 10.1 Overview The FortiBalancer appliance supports in-line compression of HTTP objects. By employing this licensed feature, administrators may maximize throughput to the desired site while end-users will experience quicker download speeds. This chapter describes the configuration of HTTP Compression capabilities which are part of the FortiBalancer […]
