Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate (RCSA) — Question 9

Which statements are true regarding the default methods by which load-balancing takes place in the Interceptor appliance. (Select 2)

Answer options

• A. The Interceptor appliance uses round robin, for each TCP connection, regardless of source or destination IP address, and is equally load-balanced between a group of Steelhead appliances
• B. The Interceptor appliance uses round robin, for each TCP connection, depending on source IP address, and is equally load-balanced between a group of Steelhead appliances
• C. The Interceptor appliance uses hash assignment, for each TCP connection depending the hash value calculated from source and destination IP address, and is directed to a particular Steelhead appliance in the local cluster
• D. The Interceptor appliance can dynamically determine and direct traffic for optimization to the least-loaded Steelhead appliances based on Steelhead appliance resource usage
• E. The Interceptor appliance uses peer affinity, a Steelhead appliance in the local cluster that has been previously paired with a destination IP address is preferred
• F. The Interceptor appliance uses peer affinity, a Steelhead appliance in the local cluster that has been previously paired with a remote Steelhead appliance is

Correct answer: D, F

Explanation

Option D is correct because it accurately describes the dynamic optimization capabilities of the Interceptor appliance based on resource usage. Option F is also correct as it correctly identifies the peer affinity feature, favoring previously paired Steelhead appliances. The other options do not accurately reflect the default load-balancing methods employed by the Interceptor appliance.