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Intel
®
NetStructure
™
1520 Cache A
ppliance
Administrator’s Guide
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Preface
Who should read this manual
This manual uses the following conventions.
Conventions used in this manual
Chapter 1
Introduction
Flexible cache architecture
Why use this caching appliance?
NetStructure
What is an Intel
Cache Appliance?
Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance features
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How to use this guide
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Starting the system for the first time
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Accessing the Manager UI
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Using online help
Accessing the command-line interface
Verifying that caching works
Changing passwords
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Chapter 3
Monitoring Appliance Performance
Accessing monitor pages
Using the Dashboard page
Dashboard alert lights
Resolving alarms
Exposing node detail
Changing the selected node
Using the Node page
Using the Graphs page
Using the Protocols page
Using the Cache page
Using the ARM page
Using the Other page
Using the MRTG page
Chapter 4
Configuring the Appliance
Accessing configure pages
Using the Server Basics page
Setting general options
Setting Web management options
Setting virtual IP addressing options
What are virtual IP addresses?
Using virtual IP addressing for node failover
Adding entries to the Virtual IP address list
Setting browser auto configuration options
Setting throttling of network connections
Configuring load-shedding
Enabling SNMP agents
Using the Protocols page
Configuring HTTP
Configuring NNTP
The following table describes the options.
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Configuring FTP
The FTP section lets you congure FTP protocols. The following table describes the options.
Using the Cache page
Cache activation
Storage
The following table describes the storage options.
The following table describes the freshness options.
Freshness
Variable content
Using the Security page
Using the Routing page
Setting HTTP parent caching options
Setting ICP options
Establishing ICP peers
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Setting server accelerator options
Checking transparency
Checking WCCP
Using the Host Database page
Configuring the host database
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Configuring DNS
Using the Snapshots page
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Chapter 5
Using the Command-Line Interface
Starting the command-line interface
Starting the appliance the first time
Using the appliance after initial start-up
Navigating the command-line interface
Using the setup menu
Changing network addresses configuration
Changing the controller speed and transmission mode
Changing the DNS address and domain name
Changing the gateway address
Configuring time zone settings
Configuring date and time settings
Viewing current network address settings
Using the main menu
Checking the status of the Server and Manager
Starting the appliance
Stopping the appliance
Viewing and maintaining versions of the software
Identifying which versions of the software are currently installed
Installing a new version of the appliance software
Application upgrade
Patch upgrade
OS/Application upgrade
Running a different version of the appliance software
Deleting a version of the appliance software
Viewing which version of the appliance software is currently running
Clearing statistics
Rebooting the System
Halting the System
Changing the administrator password for telnet or serial access
Resetting to factory settings
Preparing a cache disk
Using the config menu
Setting general controls
Configuring protocol options
Configuring HTTP options
Configuring NNTP options
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Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL) port
Configuring FTP options
Setting filter rules
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Setting remap rules
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Configuring the cache
Enabling caching for different protocols
Setting disk storage options
Setting object freshness options
The following table shows the options:
Configuring caching rules
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Configuring security options
Controlling client access to the appliance
Controlling access to the Manager UI
Configuring routing options
Configuring and maintaining ICP peers
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Controlling parent proxy caching
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Configuring WCCP options
Configuring the Adaptive Redirection Module (ARM)
Enabling and disabling transparent redirection
Configuring ARM bypass rules
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Configuring load-shedding options
Configuring the host database options
The following table describes the options:
Configuring logging options
Using the monitor menu
Viewing Node statistics
Viewing Protocol statistics
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The following table describes the statistics for the FTP protocol:
Viewing Cache statistics
screen. The following table describes the statistics.
Viewing Other statistics
the screen. The following table describes the statistics.
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Using the expert menu
Using the save menu
Using the load menu
Using the logoff menu
Chapter 6
Troubleshooting Problems
Rebooting your system
Rebooting your system from the CLI
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Appendix A
Caching Solutions and Performance
Web proxy caching
A day in the life of a cache request
Ensuring cached object freshness
Revalidating objects
HTTP object freshness tests
Deciding whether to serve HTTP objects
Configuring HTTP freshness options
Configuring HTTP revalidation
Configuring HTTP cachability
Caching HTTP alternates
To cache or not to cache?
Transparent proxy caching
Serving requests transparently
Interception strategies
Using a layer 4-aware switch to filter transparency requests
Using a WCCP-enabled router for transparency
Using policy-based routing to filter transparency requests
ARM redirection
Adaptive interception bypass
Appliance adaptive bypass
More about bypass rules
Static and dynamic (adaptive) bypass
Configuring bypass options
Server acceleration
Advantages of server acceleration
How server acceleration works
Retrieving requested documents
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Web server redirects
Understanding server acceleration mapping rules
Examples of rules and translations
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Understanding cache hierarchies
HTTP cache hierarchies
ICP cache hierarchies
NNTP cache hierarchies
News article caching
The appliance as a news server
The appliance as a caching proxy news server
Supporting several parent news servers
Blocking particular groups
Clustering
Transparency
Posting
Maintaining the cache: updates and feeds
Configuring Access control
Obeying NNTP control messages
Client bandwidth throttling
Carrier-class architecture
Performance
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High-availability
Alarms
Virtual IP failover
Load shedding
Node fault tolerance
Expansion capabilities
Centralized administration
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HTML messages sent to clients
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Standard HTTP response messages
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Glossary
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Index