The command interface syntax is loosely based on the industry standard syntax as used by other Load Balancer manufacturers.

The command interface has a line based, hierarchical command set. Changes made to the configuration are only performed when returning to the top level.

A port can either be specified as a numeric value or as a symbolic name. The following names are recognized:

Protocol Port
DNS 53
FTP 21
HTTP 80
IMAP4 143
LDAP 389
POP2 109
POP3 110
SMTP 25
SNMP 161
SSL 443
TELNET 23
TFTP 69