This section outlines the steps required to create a simple Virtual Service that has two Real Servers.

To begin the process of creating a new Virtual Service, first select the Virtual Services and Add New in the main menu.

This opens the Virtual Service parameters page which prompts to enter the Virtual IP (VIP) address of the Virtual Service, the port and the name to give the service and the protocol.

Note: In addition to the usual alphanumeric characters, the following ‘special’ characters can be used as part of the Service Name:. @ - _ You cannot use a special character as the first character of the Service Name.

The port number is usually 80 for HTTP services. The protocol may be TCP or UDP, but in the vast majority of cases TCP is the one used.

Click Add This Virtual Service to open the Virtual Service properties screen.

In this document, we are not concerned with most of these values and will create a Virtual Service with no persistence, no content switching and Round Robin as the scheduling method, which are the default settings.

The final action to be performed is adding Real Servers or Sub-Virtual Services (SubVSs). This document refers to the creation of Real Servers. For further information on SubVSs, refer to the SubVS Feature Description document. To get to the Real Server parameters page, expand the Real Servers sections and click Add New... Here we specify the IP address of the Real Server we wish to add, the port and forwarding method it is to use and its relative weight.

Enter the Real Server IP address Click Add This Real Server to finish. Click OK to the message.

The Add a Real Server screen appears again. To add another Real Server, repeat the process but with a different Real Server IP address.

All changes are made in real-time. To see a summary of Virtual Services created; select the View/Modify Services link in the Virtual Services section of the main menu on the left. The Virtual Service table should now list the Real Servers just created.