Document Outline

• Who should read this manual
• Conventions used in this manual
• Introduction
  • What is an Intel® NetStructure™ Cache Appliance?
    • Why use this caching appliance?
    • Flexible cache architecture
    • Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance features
  • How to use this guide
• Getting Started
  • Starting the system for the first time
  • Accessing the Manager UI
    • Using Monitor and Configure mode
    • Using online help
  • Accessing the command-line interface
  • Verifying that caching works
  • Changing passwords
• Monitoring Appliance Performance
  • Accessing monitor pages
  • Using the Dashboard page
    • Dashboard alert lights
    • 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
• Configuring the Appliance
  • Accessing configure pages
  • Using the Server Basics page
    • Setting general options
    • Setting Web management options
    • Setting virtual IP addressing options
    • Setting browser auto configuration options
    • Setting throttling of network connections
    • Configuring load-shedding
    • Enabling SNMP agents
  • Using the Protocols page
    • Configuring HTTP
    • Configuring NNTP
    • Configuring FTP
  • Using the Cache page
    • Cache activation
    • Storage
    • Freshness
    • Variable content
  • Using the Security page
  • Using the Routing page
    • Setting HTTP parent caching options
    • Setting ICP options
    • Setting server accelerator options
    • Checking transparency
    • Checking WCCP
  • Using the Host Database page
    • Configuring the host database
    • Configuring DNS
  • Using the Snapshots page
• 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
      • Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL) port
      • Configuring FTP options
      • Setting filter rules
      • Setting remap rules
    • Configuring the cache
      • Enabling caching for different protocols
      • Setting disk storage options
      • Setting object freshness options
      • Configuring caching rules
    • Configuring security options
      • Controlling client access to the appliance
      • Controlling access to the Manager UI
    • Configuring routing options
      • Configuring and maintaining ICP peers
      • Controlling parent proxy caching
      • Configuring WCCP options
    • Configuring the Adaptive Redirection Module (ARM)
      • Enabling and disabling transparent redirection
      • Configuring ARM bypass rules
      • Configuring load-shedding options
    • Configuring the host database options
    • Configuring logging options
  • Using the monitor menu
    • Viewing Node statistics
    • Viewing Protocol statistics
    • Viewing Cache statistics
    • Viewing Other statistics
  • Using the expert menu
  • Using the save menu
  • Using the load menu
  • Using the logoff menu
• Troubleshooting Problems
  • Rebooting your system
    • Rebooting your system from the CLI
  • Upgrading software
• 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
    • Caching HTTP alternates
    • To cache or not to cache?
  • Transparent proxy caching
    • Serving requests transparently
    • Interception strategies
    • ARM redirection
    • Adaptive interception bypass
  • Server acceleration
    • Advantages of server acceleration
    • How server acceleration works
    • Retrieving requested documents
    • Web server redirects
    • Understanding server acceleration mapping rules
    • Examples of rules and translations
  • 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
    • High-availability
    • Node fault tolerance
    • Expansion capabilities
    • Centralized administration
• Error Messages
  • HTML messages sent to clients
  • Standard HTTP response messages
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