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Load balance RTSP servers

The Citrix ADC appliance can balance load on RTSP servers to improve the performance of audio and video streams over networks. The following diagram describes the topology of an load balancing setup configured to load balance a group of RTSP servers.

Figure 1. Load Balancing Topology for RTSP

RTSP-LB

In the example, the services Service-RTSP-1, Service-RTSP-2, and Service-RTSP-3 are bound to the virtual server Vserver-LB-1. The following table lists the names and values of the example entities.

Entity type Name IP address Port Protocol
Virtual Server Vserver-LB-1 10.102.29.100 554 RTSP
Services Service-RTSP-1 10.102.29.101 554 RTSP
  Service-RTSP-2 10.102.29.102 554 RTSP
  Service-RTSP-3 10.102.29.103 554 RTSP
Monitors Monitor-RTSP-1 None 554 RTSP

The following diagram shows the load balancing entities used in RTSP configuration.

Figure 2. Load Balancing RTSP Servers Entity Model

rtsp-entity-model

To configure a basic load balancing setup for RTSP servers, see Setting Up Basic Load Balancing. Create services and virtual servers of type RTSP. When you configure a basic load balancing setup, the default TCP-default monitor is bound to the services. To bind an RTSP monitor to these services, see Binding Monitors to Services. The following procedure describes how create a monitor that checks RTSP servers.

To configure RTSP monitors by using the command line interface

At the command prompt, type:

add lb monitor <monitorName> <type>
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Example:

add lb monitor Monitor-RTSP-1 RTSP
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To configure RTSP monitors by using the configuration utility

Navigate to Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Monitors, and create a monitor of type RTSP.

Load balance RTSP servers