Brocade Mobility RFS Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual

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Set the following Forward Proxy parameters

6. Set the following Transparent Proxy parameters to set available protocols and VLANs:

7. Set the following Parent Proxy parameters:

8. Set the following Access Logging settings to define how Smart Caching events are captured:

9. Select the following Additional Settings to enable logging, set cache storage size and select

cache video sources:

10. Use the Pre-Fetch table to store (for quicker access) those frequently visited URLs whose

credentials can be stored locally in cache. :

Enable Forward Proxy

Select this option to allow this device to act as a forward proxy on specified VLANs.

This setting is

disabled by default. When selected, additional forward proxy settings require configuration.

IP Address

Set the IP address where the forward smart caching proxy server is listening. With forward caching,
content is temporarily stored on the local network and can be retrieved by users without routing the
request to an external server on the Internet.

Port

Set the TCP port number for the forward proxy server.

Protocols

Select HTTP, FTR, HTTPs or Gopher as additional forward proxy resource protocols for smart caching.

VLANs

Configure the list of VLANs on which this device acts as a forward proxy. The available range is from 1 -
4,094.

Enable Transparent
Proxy

Transparent caching acts as an intermediary for the origin server(s) and returns cached content to
clients as if the data originated from the associated servers. Select this option to enable transparent
proxy on selected VLANs.

Protocols

Enable either HTTP or HTTPs protocols for transparent proxy.

VLANS

Configure the list of VLANs on which this device acts as a transparent proxy. The available range is from
1 - 4,094.

Enable Parent Proxy

Optionally enable an upper-layer parent proxy server. This setting is disabled by default.

Hostname or IP

Enter the hostname or numeric IP address of the parent proxy server.

Port

Set the TCP port number for the parent proxy server. The default port is 8080.

Enable Access Logging

When enabled, client access requests are sent to the service platform’s access log
(/var/log/

smart-cache.

log). The default setting is enabled.

Number of Rotations

Set the number of log files kept (stored locally) out of the total generated. Set the number from 1- 10.
The default setting is 10.

Rotate Type

Select whether log files are rotated based on Duration (days) or their Size (MB).

Duration (days) or Size
(MB)

Set the access log rotation duration. The default setting is 1 day.

Cache Size

Set the size for caching disc storage (in gigabytes). The default is 32 gigabytes. The available range is
from 1 - 32 gigabytes.

Cache Video Content

Select the Web sites included in the forced video caching list. Select All to include the entire list of
supported sites. Selected sites have their video content cached locally on the service platform and
made available to clients that request the video content.

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