gtm global-settings load-balancing¶

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NAME
load-balancing - Configures the load balancing settings for the Global Traffic Manager(tm).

MODULE
gtm global-settings

SYNTAX
Modify or display the load-balancing component within the gtm global-settings module using the syntax in the following
sections.

edit load-balancing
options:
all-properties
non-default-properties

DISPLAY
list
list load-balancing
show running-config load-balancing
show running-config load-balancing [option]
options:
all-properties
non-default-properties
one-line

DESCRIPTION
You can use the load-balancing component to modify or display the load balancing settings for the Global Traffic Manager.

EXAMPLES
modify load-balancing ignore-path-ttl yes

Specifies that dynamic load balancing methods can use path data, even after the time-to-live (TTL) for the path data
expires.

list load-balancing all-properties

Displays all properties of the load balancing settings for the Global Traffic Manager.

OPTIONS
failure-rcode
Specifies the DNS RCODE used when failure-rcode-response is enabled. Default is noerror. Options include noerror (no
type exists at this name), formerr (format error in query), servfail (unable to process query), nxdomain (name does
not exist), notimpl (no support for this kind of query), and refused (refuse to process based on policy). If failure-
rcode-ttl is non-zero, only the Authority section of the noerror or nxdomain response will include a SOA record.

failure-rcode-response
When enabled, specifies that the system returns a RCODE response to Wide IP requests after exhausting all load-
balancing methods. This affects all Wide IPs and may only be overridden by a more specific enabled configuration of a
Wide IP. This response is an authoritative empty answer from the system for record requests. With this option enabled,
the system responds faster to requests for which it does not have viable answers configured. The default value is
disabled.

failure-rcode-ttl
Specifies the negative caching TTL of the SOA for the RCODE response. The default is 0, meaning no SOA is included
(i.e. no caching).

ignore-path-ttl
Specifies, when set to yes, that dynamic load balancing methods can use path data, even after the time-to-live (TTL)
for the path data expires. The default value is no.

respect-fallback-dependency
Specifies, when set to yes, that the system accepts virtual server status when the load balancing mode changes to the
mode specified by the fallback-mode option of the pool. The default value is no.

topology-longest-match
Specifies, when set to yes, that the system evaluates all topology records in the topology statement, and then selects
the topology record that most specifically matches the IP address in an LDNS request (in other words, has the longest
match). When this option is set to no, the system selects the first record in the topology statement that matches the
request.

topology-prefer-edns0-client-subnet
Specifies, when set to enabled, that the system should use the edns0 client subnet option (if one exists) instead of
the source address when using topology load balancing. When this option is set to disabled or if the query did not
contain a client subnet option, the system will fall back to the source address.

When disabled this option can be overridden by a per wide IP setting, gtm wideip [wideip type] [wideip name]
topology-prefer-edns0-client-subnet [disabled | enabled].

verify-vs-availability
Specifies, when set to yes, that the system checks the availability of virtual servers before sending a connection to
those virtual servers. The default value is no.

SEE ALSO
edit, gtm global-settings general, gtm global-settings metrics, gtm global-settings metrics-exclusions, list, modify, show,
tmsh

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