3. Use the controls to complete the configuration, as described in the following table.

 

 

 

Control

 

Description

 

 

 

Add New Rule

 

Type. Select one of the following rule types from the drop-down list:

 

 

Auto-Discovery.Auto-discovery is the process by which the HP EFS WAN

 

 

Accelerator automatically intercepts and optimizes traffic on all Internet Protocol (IP)

 

 

addresses and ports. By default, auto-discovery is applied to all IP addresses and the

 

 

ports which are not secure or interactive. Defining in-path rules modifies this default

 

 

setting.

 

 

Fixed-Target.Use fixed-target rules to specify out-of-path HP EFS WAN Accelerators

 

 

near the target server that you want to optimize. Determine which servers you would

 

 

like a particular HP EFS WAN Accelerator to optimize (and, optionally, which ports),

 

 

and add rules to specify the network of servers, ports, port labels, and out-of-path HP

 

 

EFS WAN Accelerators to use.

 

 

Pass-Through.Pass-through rules identify traffic that is passed through the network

 

 

unoptimized. You define pass-through rules to exclude subnets from optimization.

 

 

Traffic is also passed through when the HP EFS WAN Accelerator is in bypass mode.

 

 

(Pass through might be occur because of in-path rules or because the connection was

 

 

established before the HP EFS WAN Accelerator was put in place or before the HP

 

 

EFS WAN Accelerator service was enabled.)

 

 

Discard. Packets for the connection that match the rule are dropped silently. The HP

 

 

EFS WAN Accelerator filters out traffic that matches the discard rules. This process is

 

 

similar to how routers and firewalls drop disallowed packets: the connection-initiating

 

 

device has no knowledge of the fact that its packets were dropped until the connection

 

 

times out.

 

 

Deny. When packets for connections match the deny rule, the appliance actively tries

 

 

to reset the connection. Deny tells the HP EFS WAN Accelerator to actively try to reset

 

 

a TCP connection being attempted. Using an active reset process, rather than a silent

 

 

discard allows the connection initiator to know that its connection is disallowed.

 

 

If you have an out-of-path configuration with failover support, you specify the master

 

 

and backup HP EFS WAN Accelerator in the Optimization Service - In-Path Rules page.

 

 

NOTE: In out-of-path deployments, to optimize MAPI Exchange 2003 by destination

 

 

port, you must define fixed-target, in-path rules that specify the following ports on the

 

 

client-side HP EFS WAN Accelerator: the Microsoft end-point mapper port: 135; the HP

 

 

EFS WAN Accelerator port for Exchange traffic: 7830; the HP EFS WAN Accelerator

 

 

port for Exchange Directory Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) traffic: 7840. For

 

 

detailed information, see “Optimizing MAPI Exchange in Out-of-Path Deployments” on

 

 

page 34.

 

 

 

 

 

Source Subnet. Specify the IP address for the source network in the Source Subnet text

 

 

box. Use the following format: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/XX.

 

 

 

 

 

Destination Subnet. Specify the IP address for the destination network. Use the

 

 

following format: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/XX.

 

 

 

 

 

Port. Specify the destination port number, port label, or all. For detailed information on

 

 

port labels, see “Creating Port Labels” on page 113.

 

 

 

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