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and the second SMA/SRA device are configured as the Load Balancing Members and also take up the load of the
Security Services. The Load Balancer in the previous two scenarios is essentially a dummy proxy without the
load of any Security Services to burden it.
Load Balancing Settings
The following table lists Portals > Load Balancing configuration options. Additional per-group configuration
options are described in Configuring a Load Balancing Group on page 195.
Configuring a Load Balancing Group
This section provides configuration details for creating a new load balancing group and consists of the following
sections:
• Adding a New Load Balancing Group on page 196
• Configuring Probe Settings on page 197
• Adding New Members to a Load Balancing Group on page 197
Table 28. Load balancing configuration options
Option Description
Enable Load Balancing Enables the load balancing feature across all currently active groups.
Enable Failover Enables/disables all probing, monitoring, and failover features.
Probe Interval Determines the frequency (in seconds) at which the load balancing feature checks
the status of backend nodes.