d balancing.</p><p>The following steps show how to use Intel DLB connection load balancing in an Istio <a href=/v1.24/docs/tasks/traffic-management/ingress/ingress-control/>Ingress Gateway</a> in an SPR (Sapphire Rapids) machine, assuming the Kubernetes cluster is running.</p><h3 id=step-1-prepare-dlb-environment>Step 1: Prepare DLB environment</h3><p>Install the Intel DLB driver by following <a href=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/686372/intel-dynamic-load-balancer.html>the instructions on