Volume 9: Managing the Blue Coat SG Appliance

Management Console

A graphical Web interface that lets you to manage, configure, monitor, and upgrade

 

the SG appliance from any location. The Management Console consists of a set of

 

Web pages and Java applets stored on the SG appliance. The appliance acts as a Web

 

server on the management port to serve these pages and applets.

management information

Defines the statistics that management systems can collect. A managed device

base (MIB)

(gateway) has one or more MIBs as well as one or more SNMP agents, which

 

implements the information and management functionality defined by a specific

 

MIB.

maximum object size

The maximum object size stored in the SG appliance. All objects retrieved that are

 

greater than the maximum size are delivered to the client but are not stored in the SG

 

appliance.

MIME/FILE type filtering

Allows organizations to implement Internet policies for both uploaded and

 

downloaded content by MIME or FILE type.

multi-bit rate

The capability of a single stream to deliver multiple bit rates to clients requesting

 

content from appliances from within varying levels of network conditions (such as

 

different connecting bandwidths and traffic).

multicast

Used in streaming; the ability for hundreds or thousands of users to play a single

 

stream.

multicast aliases

Used in streaming; a streaming command that specifies an alias for a multicast URL

 

to receive an .nsc file. The .nsc files allows the multicast session to obtain the

 

information in the control channel

multicast station

Used in streaming; a defined location on the proxy where the Windows Media player

 

can retrieve streams. A multicast station enables multicast transmission of Windows

 

Media content from the cache. The source of the multicast-delivered content can be a

 

unicast-live source, a multicast (live) source, and simulated live (video-on-demand

 

content converted to scheduled live content).

multimedia content services

Used in streaming; multimedia support includes Real Networks, Microsoft Windows

 

Media, Apple QuickTime, MP3, and Flash.

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name inputing

Allows an SG appliance to resolve host names based on a partial name specification.

 

When a host name is submitted to the DNS server, the DNS server resolves the name

 

to an IP address. If the host name cannot be resolved, Blue Coat adds the first entry in

 

the name-inputing list to the end of the host name and resubmits it to the DNS server

native FTP

Native FTP involves the client connecting (either explicitly or transparently) using

 

the FTP protocol; the SG appliance then connects upstream through FTP (if

 

necessary).

NCSA common log format

Blue Coat products are compatible with this log type, which contains only basic

 

HTTP access information.

network address translation

The process of translating private network (such as intranet) IP addresses to Internet

(NAT)

IP addresses and vice versa. This methodology makes it possible to match private IP

 

addresses to Internet IP addresses even when the number of private addresses

 

outnumbers the pool of available Internet addresses.

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