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Brocade ServerIron ADX Advanced Server Load Balancing Guide v
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Content-aware cache switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
How content-aware switching works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Basic example of content-aware cache switching . . . . . . . . . . .79
Configuring policies for dynamic content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Bypassing embedded protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
HTTP 1.1 support for cache switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cache persistence using URL hashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Cache persistence using hashing on a portion of the URL . . . .90
Supporting multiple pattern search for the same rule . . . . . . .96
Force rehash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Traffic distribution based on cache server capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Configuring SNMP for cache server load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Displaying cache information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Sample configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Basic TCS configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
POP using caching to minimize WAN costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Policy-based caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Asymmetric TCS (FastCache) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Policy-based cache failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
TCS with reverse proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
High availability designs with TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Layer 3 TCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Active-standby TCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Interoperability issues with cache servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
CacheFlow server version 2.x.x and 3.x.x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
NetCache servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
NetCache C720 cache server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
CSW with NetCache cache servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Handling of dynamic cache bypass function . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Chapter 3 Pass-Through Flow Management
Pass-through flow management overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Configuring pass-through flow management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
High Availability support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Pass-through flow management configuration example. . . . .138
Displaying related pass-through flow management information . .139
Displaying traffic statistics per MAC address. . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Displaying the internal MAC table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Displaying session information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140