EIP and Other Services

Figure 1 shows the relationship between EIP and other services.

Figure 1 EIP and related services

**Table 1** Related services
Interactive Function	Service	Reference
Bind an EIP to a server to allow the server to access the Internet.	Elastic Cloud Server (ECS) BMS	Binding an EIP Binding an EIP to a BMS
Bind a virtual IP address to an EIP so that you can access the ECSs deployed in active/standby mode through the virtual IP address.	Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)	Binding a Virtual IP Address to an EIP or ECS
Configure ECSs to share one or more EIPs through a NAT gateway to access the Internet.	NAT Gateway	Using SNAT to Access the Internet
Distribute incoming traffic to multiple ECSs in a VPC.	ELB	Elastic Load Balance
Check the bandwidth and traffic usage.	Cloud Eye	Viewing Metrics
Record EIP-related operations for querying, auditing, and tracing back.	Cloud Trace Service (CTS)	Viewing Audit Logs
Add tags to EIPs so that you can quickly identify EIPs and manage them.	Tag Management Service (TMS)	Managing EIP Tags