What Must I Do Before I Begin?
Make sure that you have addressed each of the items on the panel before you attempt to configure
Dispatcher.
Check the following:
- Set up workstations on the same LAN segment. Make sure that network traffic between the
machines does not have to pass through any routers or bridges.
- Configure the network adapters of the workstations.
- Make sure that the Dispatcher workstation (front end machine) can ping each of the server
workstations (back-end machines).
- Make sure that each of the server workstations can ping the Dispatcher workstation.
- Make sure that the content is identical on the Web servers. This can be done by one of the
following methods:
- replicate data on both workstations
- use a shared file system like NFS, AFS or DFS
- or any other means appropriate to your site.
- Make sure that the servers are operational. Use a Web browser to request pages directly from
each server.
- Obtain a valid IP address for the LAN segment. For example: Name = www.intersplash.com
IP = 9.67.67.104
- Install Load Balancer on the front end machine according to the instructions for your operating
system in the
Load Balancer Administration Guide
- Start dsserver.
- For AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris, run the dsserver command as root.
- For Windows platforms, the service will start automatically.
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