Brocade Virtual ADX Graphical User Interface Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) - Manual (Page 118)

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• Select Simple String Match and enter the following details:
• Matches: Enter the string.
• Logging: Select the Enable check box.
• Select Compound String Match and enter the following details:
• Starts With: Enter the string that must match with the beginning string of response
sent by the real server.
• Ends With: Enter the string that must match with the string present at the end text of
the of response sent by the real server.
• Logging: Select the Enable check box to enable logging when the selection criteria is
met.
6. Click Add to add a rule.
The added rule is displayed in the Added Rules table. You can click Delete to delete the rule
from the table.
7. Repeat Step 5 and Step 6 to define additional match conditions.
8. Click Apply to save your entries.
Click Reset to revert the configuration to the previous configured values.
The configured match list is displayed in the Match Lists table. Select the match list policy in
the table and click Edit or double-click the entry to modify the match list. Also, click Delete to
delete the match list from the table.
For more information on configuring match lists, refer to the Brocade Virtual ADX Server Load
Balancing Guide.
Content switching
Content switching allows the Brocade Virtual ADX to make forwarding decisions about HTTP traffic
based on information in a URL, cookie, or XML content. In addition, Layer 7 content switching
allows the Brocade Virtual ADX to make forwarding decisions about HTTP traffic by analyzing
information contained within the traffic.
In addition, the Brocade Virtual ADX can perform content rewrite on the server responses. In other
words, the Brocade Virtual ADX can not only modify requests in the forward direction, but also the
responses in reverse direction.
Creating content switching policies
Configuring Layer 7 content switching policy includes the following:
1. Create rules — Define a request rule or response rule to identify specific application data within
a request or a response.
2. Create policies — Create a request policy or response policy to specify multiple rules and the
desired actions to be taken when the traffic matches the rule.
3. Binding policies — Apply the created policy to a virtual server port.