Intel A31032-001 manual Keys and Certificates, Availability

C H A P T E R 3 Keys and Certificates

7110/7115 on the server side can also be enabled to spill to the server. Spilling is performed dynamically on a connection-by-connection basis. (See spill command, Chapter 5, “Command Reference.”) If spill is disabled, the 7110/7115 “throttles,” that is, will not accept incoming requests when it becomes overloaded.

Intel® NetStructure™ 7110/7115 e-Commerce

Accelerators

Hub/Router/Switch

Server

Figure 3-5: Cascaded 7110/7115s

Availability

When a 7110/7115 fails or is set to Bypass mode while Fail-through is enabled, the 7110/7115’s network side and server side network adapters are directly connected, allowing traffic to pass through to the next device until the failed unit is brought back into service. This feature eliminates a single point of failure and provides a high level of availability, should there be a failure. In installations with multiple 7110/7115s, the next unit in the cascade picks up the encryption/ decryption workload, while in single 7110/7115 configurations, the server assumes the load. See“ Failure/Bypass Modes in Appendix B for more information.

Keys and Certificates

WARNING: The 7110/ A necessary part of the 7110/7115 configuration is the use of keys

7115 comes with default and certificates. A key is a set of numbers used to encrypt or decrypt

keys and certificates for data. A certificate is a “form” that identifies a server or user. The

test purposes, however certificate contains information about your company as well as

certificates forinformation from a third party that verifies your identity. production use should be

obtained from a recognized certificate authority.

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