Has anyone used the CSS to load balance to different ports on the same
server?  We need to run multiple copies of a Web server on a given server
platform (multiples).

If I have a VIP using port 80, can I load balance that to ports 80, 81, 82,
83 on a variety of servers?  If so, how?  Is it simply a matter of having
multiple services (one for each port on each server) and associating them
all to the same content rule?

Thanks

"Jeff" <coachrambo@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<MlCtb.62455$E9.54770@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
> Has anyone used the CSS to load balance to different ports on the same
> server?  We need to run multiple copies of a Web server on a given server
> platform (multiples).
> 
> If I have a VIP using port 80, can I load balance that to ports 80, 81, 82,
> 83 on a variety of servers?  If so, how?  Is it simply a matter of having
> multiple services (one for each port on each server) and associating them
> all to the same content rule?
> 
> Thanks
>That's exactly what you do. When the CSS sends traffic to one of the load-
balanced servers, it translates the destination port to whatever you selected
(using the "protocol tcp" and "port XX" commands) when you created the service.
FYI - I've compared it to simple dest-ip differentiation of the servers and it
performed just as well in load-tests (no apparent performance issues).
  
dmcknigh