You create a virtual IP address for the Siebel Web Server Extension (SWSE) and Oracle BI Presentation Services in order to make it appear that all servers are running on the same virtual system. The easiest way to do this is to configure Oracle BI Presentation Services to run on a different port (for example, port 84) from SWSE (which usually runs on port 80).
http://siebel.company.com
. Therefore, the network or load-balancing software should be configured to route requests like http://siebel.company.com to <system1> and <system2>, and to route requests like http://siebel.company.com:84 to <system3>
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To create a virtual IP address for Siebel Web Engine and Oracle BI Presentation Services: