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Catalyst 6500 Series Content Switching Module Configuration Note
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Chapter 2 Networking with the Content Switching Module
Protecting Against Denial-of-Service Attacks
• Generic TCP termination
Some connections may not require TCP termination for Layer 7 load balancing. You can configure
any virtual server to terminate all incoming TCP connections before load balancing those
connections to the real servers. This configuration allows you to take advantage of all the CSM DoS
features located in Layer 4 load balancing environments.