
Glossary
packet, and TCP/IP.
IP address
A 32-bit address assigned to a host using TCP/IP. IP addresses are written in dotted decimal format, for
example, 192.22.33.1.
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is the fourth revision in the development of the Internet Protocol (IP) and the
first version of the protocol to be widely deployed. Together with IPv6, it is at the core of standards-based
internetworking methods of the Internet.
IPv6
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is a version of the Internet Protocol (IP) intended to succeed IPv4, which is the
protocol currently used to direct almost all Internet traffic.[1]
IPv6-IPv4 Translation
IPv6-IPv4 Translation is used when a portion of an internal network only supports IPv4 and/or a portion of
applications can accept only IPv4 connections. The advantage of this is that IPv6 to IPv4 translations are
provided for legacy IPv4 application services and provides additional time for completely migrating to IPv6
architecture.
ISO/IEC
International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission; international
standards organizations.
ISO/OSI model
International Organization for Standardization/Open Systems Interconnection model, a standard that consists of
seven layers that control how computers communicate with other computers over a network. Layer 1, Physical,
which sets the rules for physical connections via hardware, is the lowest layer. Layer 2, Data-link, uses Layer 1
and its own rules to control coding, addressing, and transmitting information. Layer 3, Network, uses the prior
two layers rules as well as its own rules to control transport routes, message handling, and message transfers.
Layer 4, Transport, uses its rules and those of the previous layers to control accuracy of message delivery and
service. Layer 5, Session, uses its rules and those of the previous layers to establish, maintain, and coordinate
communication. Layer 6, Presentation, uses its rules and those of the previous layers to control text formatting
and appearance as well as conversion of code. Layer 7, Application, uses its rules and those of the other layers to
control transmission of information from one application to another. Layer 7 is the highest layer. See Layer 4,
Layer 7, and transport layer.
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L4
See Layer 4.
L4 Load Balancing
Layer 4 load balancing is the most basic form of load balancing. It is only aware of IP information present in UDP
or TCP headers, that is IP addresses and TCP/UDP port numbers. You can load balance a great many applications
using this capability, which functions as follows: A packet arrives at Equalizer with a specific destination IP
address and port number. We look in the list of configured clusters to find one that matches. Attached to that
cluster areservers.The "best server" is chosen and the packet/request is then sent to that server using NAT.
L4 TCP and UDP
IP protocols. They are well described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol respectively. TCP is a way in which computers connected
to a network can communicate reliably. TCP protects against data loss, corruption and reordering at the cost of
some performance. TCP is the underlying protocol for HTTP, email and many common Internet applications. UDP
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