GlobalLB::LBMethod

Introduced : BIG-IP_v9.2.0
A list of load balancing modes.

Members

Member

Value

Description

LB_METHOD_RETURN_TO_DNS

0

Return to DNS.

LB_METHOD_NULL

1

No load balancing mode defined.

LB_METHOD_ROUND_ROBIN

2

Round Robin load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_RATIO

3

Ratio load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_TOPOLOGY

4

Topology load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_STATIC_PERSIST

5

Static persist load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_GLOBAL_AVAILABILITY

6

Global Availability load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_VS_CAPACITY

7

Virtual Server (VS) Capacity load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_LEAST_CONN

8

Least Connections load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_LOWEST_RTT

9

Lowest Round Trip Times load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_LOWEST_HOPS

10

Lowest hop count load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_PACKET_RATE

11

Packet rate load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_CPU

12

CPU usage load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_HIT_RATIO

13

Hit ratio load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_QOS

14

Quality of Service load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_BPS

15

Bits per second load balancing mode.

LB_METHOD_DROP_PACKET

16

Drop the request (don’t answer).

LB_METHOD_EXPLICIT_IP

17

Return an explicit IP address, specified by the user

LB_METHOD_CONNECTION_RATE

18

This enum is deprecated.

LB_METHOD_VS_SCORE

19

Virtual Server (VS) Score load balancing mode.

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