Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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Discovery > Discovery Modules > Clustering and Load Balancing > Load Balancers > Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) Discovery > Overview

Overview

Network Load Balancing (NLB) distributes IP traffic to multiple copies (or instances) of a TCP/IP service, such as a Web server, each running on a host within the cluster. NLB transparently partitions the client requests among the hosts and lets the clients access the cluster using one or more virtual IP addresses. From the client's point of view, the cluster appears to be a single server that answers these client requests. Each server receives all client requests, but NLB decides which server should respond.

All components responsible for the Microsoft NLB cluster are bundled in the Microsoft_NLB_Cluster.zip package.

To discover MS-NLB, see How to Discover Microsoft Network Load Balancing Systems.

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