Intel A31032-001 manual Introduction, About this User Guide

Introduction

Congratulations on your choice of the Intel® NetStructure™ 7110/ 7115 e-Commerce Accelerator. The processing of secure transactions through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) can occupy up to 90% of even the largest servers’ CPU power and can degrade response time significantly. The 7110/7115 provides a completely transparent way to increase the performance of Web sites for SSL transactions. The 7110/7115 is positioned in front of the server farm, where it intercepts SSL transactions, processes them, and relays them to the servers. The 7110/7115 performs all encryption and decryption management in this environment with a minimum of administrator interaction.

About this User Guide

This User Guide supports the Intel® NetStructure™ 7110 e-Com- merce Accelerator and the Intel® NetStructure™ 7115 e-Commerce Accelerator. By default this text refers to the product as “7110/7115.” Where appropriate, the text refers to “7110” or “7115.” Additionally, notes in the left-hand margin may be used to distinguish the two prod- ucts. Illustrations of the command prompt use “ Intel 7115>.”