Chapter 2 Configuring Advanced Policies 17
Content Switching
Note: This feature
can support either
advanced or
classic policies,
but not both.
Content Switching
(CS) Content Switching
policies Content
switching or
cache
redirection
virtual server
Policy label
To determine what server or
group of servers is
responsible for serving
responses, based on
characteristics of an
incoming request.
Request characteristics
include device type,
language, cookies, HTTP
method, content type, and
associated cache server.
Integrated
Caching none Caching policies Global override
Global default
Policy label
Load balancing,
content
switching, or
SSL offload
virtual server
To determine whether HTTP
responses can be stored in,
and served from, the
NetScaler's integrated
cache.
Responder none Responder
policies Global override
Global default
Policy label
Load balancing,
content
switching, or
SSL offload
virtual server
To configure the behavior of
the Responder function.
Rewrite none Rewrite policies Global override
Global default
Policy label
Load balancing,
content
switching, or
SSL offload
virtual server
To identify HTTP data that
you want to modify before
serving. The policies
provide rules for modifying
the data.
For example, you can
modify HTTP data to
redirect a request to a
selected server based on the
address of the incoming
request, or to mask server
information in a response
for security purposes.
URL Transform
function in the
Rewrite feature
none Transformation
policies Global override
Global default
Policy label
To identify URLs in HTTP
transactions and text files
for the purpose of evaluating
whether a URL should be
altered.
Feature-Specific Bindings for Advanced Policies
Feature Name Virtual Servers
Configured in the
Feature
Policies
Configured in the
Feature
Bind Points
Configured for the
Policies
Use of Advanced Policies in
the Feature