Comtech EF Data FX Series Administrator Guide - Manual (Page 132)

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Chapter: FX Series Optimization Settings
Section: Layer 5 Application Policies
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8.4 Layer 5 Application Policies
“Layer 5” acceleration provides optimization of communication protocols when a FX Series Remote is
installed at a branch in “in-line” mode. The FX Series Remote can then intercept and optimize the traffic
with additional capabilities such as dynamic data suppression and traffic classification/prioritization.
Layer 5 application policies are defined at the ADC and then read by the FX Remote to determine how it
should process the traffic that it intercepts as an in-line bridge.
A list of previously defined Application Policies is displayed in the order in which they were defined. An
existing entry may be chosen by clicking on the Policy.
You can “Enable”, “Disable”, or “Delete” one or more Policies definitions by selecting the checkbox to the
left of the Title column and clicking on the desired button. By clicking on “Add” you can add a new
Application Policy which will bring up the Application Policy definition screen.
NOTE: Policy Deletions are allowed 10 minutes after all active client connections using the policy
have terminated.
8.4.1 Certified Applications
This is a pull-down of pre-defined communication protocols that have been
certified as compatible with FX Series application acceleration. These
include HTTP, CIFS, MAPI, NFS, FTP, SMTP, and POP3. If you select one of
the pre-defined choices then the fields of the policy will be populated.
8.4.2 Configuring Other Applications
If the traffic that you wish to accelerate is not listed then select “Other” and
you can set the policy field based on the characteristics of the protocol.
Figure 8-6 FX Series Layer 5 Policy Configuration Screen