Specifications

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enable support for 8-bit and multibyte characters in URIs, turn on the allow extended characters
flag in the global parameters as shown in the procedure below.
1. Log into the Equalizer Administration Interface in Edit mode.
2. Select Equalizer > Global Configuration from the main menu bar; the modify system
parameters screen is displayed (see Figure 22 on page 43).
3. In the flags section at the bottom of the modify system parameters screen, enable the allow
extended chars check box.
4. Select the commit button.
Changing the Administration Passwords
An administrator logged in under Edit mode can change both the View password (look login) and
Edit password (touch login).
To change the view or edit a password (see Figure 30 on page 56), follow these steps:
1. Log into the Equalizer Administration Interface in Edit mode.
2. Select Equalizer > Global Configuration from the main menu bar; then select menu >
Change Passwords from the modify system parameters screen.
Figure30 Changepasswordsscreen
3. Select the password to be changed: View Password or Edit Password.
4. For Edit password only, enter the current password in the current password field. You can
change the View password without specifying the current password.
5. Enter the new password in the new password field and then confirm it by entering it again in
the confirm password field.
Caution – There are potential risks to enabling this option, because it allows Equalizer to pass
requests that violate RFC2396; load-balanced servers may be running software that is incapable
of handling such requests. Therefore, ensure that your server software is capable of handling
URIs containing extended characters and will not serve as a potential weak point in your network
before you enable extended characters.