Components of VPN load balancing

VPN load balancing consists of these components:

• Load-Balancing Group—A virtual group of two or more Firewall Threat Defense devices that share VPN sessions. Devices can run the same or mixed releases, provided they support remote access VPN configurations.

• Director—A Firewall Threat Defense device in the group that manages load distribution by monitoring all members, tracking their session loads, and routing new sessions to the least-loaded device. The director role is not tied to a specific device. If the current director fails, a member device automatically assumes the role.

• Members—All non-director Firewall Threat Defense devices in the group. Members participate in load balancing and share remote access VPN connections.