Option on a load-balancing rule that leaves the frontend IP as the destination address, letting back ends reuse ports. It does not provide session affinity.
Also called direct server return.
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- Load-balancing rule
In Azure Load Balancer, the rule that links a frontend IP and port to a backend pool, checked by a health probe. Traffic not covered by a rule is not forwarded.