KEMP Technologies LoadMaster 1500 - IV. Web User Interface (WUI) Configuration Guide; A. Glossary and Abbreviations

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IV. Web User Interface (WUI) Configuration Guide
A. Glossary and Abbreviations
Access Code:
An Access Code will be generated during the initial setup of the Load Master. You must contact
your KEMP Technologies representative for your 60-day evaluation or your full purchased license key.
Balancer:
A network device or logic that distributes inbound connections with a common source address
across a farm of server machines.
Farm Side:
The Load Master network interface to which the server farm is connected.
Flat-based:
The VIPs and the real servers are on the same subnet.
HA:
Highly Available or High Availability (used interchangeably)
ICMP:
Internet Control Message Protocol
MIB:
Management Information Base, a database of object definitions. The definition specifies whether an
SNMP manager can monitor the object.
NAT:
Network Address Translation
NAT-based:
The VIPs and the real servers are on different subnets.
Network Side:
The Load Master network interface over which requests to the server farm are made.
One-armed:
Only one Ethernet interface is used for in and outbound traffic. Farm side and Network side are
both connected to it.
RS:
Real Server: Physical server machines which make up a server farm.
Service:
A Service is an application that is connected to the network.
Shared IP:
The shared (floating) IP address is always the assigned IP address of the active Load Master in a
HA solution.
SCP:
Secure copy command of SSH
SNMP:
Simple Network Management Protocol, a network protocol used to manage TCP/IP networks. This
protocol provides functions that enable you to access the data object whose definitions are located in the MIB.
S-NAT:
Network Address Translation for a source IP address.
SSH:
Secure Shell Protocol
Two-armed:
Two Ethernet interfaces are used for in and outbound traffic, one connected to the network side
and one to the farm side.
UTC:
Universal Time Coordinated
VIP:
Virtual IP Address: The IP address of a service defined on the Load Master.
VS:
Virtual Service: An entry on the Load Master over which a service being hosted in the server farm can be
reached.
WUI:
Web User Interface used to perform Load Master administration via a web browser.