Configuring the WSM using Device Manager
Configuring the Web Switching Module
Before you begin
Text conventions
Related publications
Hard-copy technical manuals
How to get help
Getting started with Device Manager
About Device Manager
Starting Device Manager
Opening a device
SNMP community string default values
Troubleshooting the opening of a device
Understanding the Device Manager window
Menu bar
Accessing the Edit > WSM Card submenu
WSM Card Edit submenu selections
Accessing the Edit > WSM Card > L4 Switching submenu
WSM Card L4 Switching submenu selections
Accessing the Graph > WSM Card submenu
Accessing the Actions menu
Actions menu selections
Accessing the Help menu
Help menu selections
Shortcuts
Using the chassis shortcut
Chassis shortcut menu commands
Using the WSM shortcut
WSM shortcut menu commands
Using the WSM port shortcut
WSM port shortcut menu commands
Toolbar
Device view
Selecting objects
The WSM device view
Interpreting the status of LEDs and ports
Viewing the port color code legend
Status bar
Using Device Manager dialog boxes
Editing objects
Editing a text field
Formats for entering numeric values
Editing a field from a selection list
Using buttons in dialog boxes
Applying and saving changes
Refreshing the screen
Filtering table content
Adding a table filter
Removing a table filter
Removing all table filters
Replacing a table filter
Browsing a read only dialog box
Opening WSM online Help
Port management
About ports
About the device view
Configuring ports
Editing ports
Naming a port
Port--General tab fields
Setting port parameters
Port tab fields
Configuring VLAN tagging
Monitoring link state
Enabling or disabling filtering on a port
Port--Filtering tab fields
Applying filters to a port
Port--Filter membership tab
Removing a filter from a port
Port trunking
Default multi-link trunk configuration
Dynamic MLTs
Viewing trunk group configurations
Trunks configuration fields
Configuring a trunk group
Deleting a trunk group
Configuring Layer 2 operations
About VLANs
Management IP address used for VLAN 4093
VLANs and IP interfaces
About VLAN tagging
About Jumbo frames
Isolating Jumbo frame traffic using VLANs
Routing Jumbo frames to non-Jumbo frame VLANs
Viewing current VLAN membership
Virtual LAN--VLAN Membership fields
Configuring a VLAN
Viewing MultiLink trunk and VLAN membership
About Spanning Tree protocol
VLANs and spanning tree protocol
Understanding multiple spanning trees
Why multiple Spanning Trees?
Example--four-WSM topology with single spanning tree
Example--four-WSM topology with multiple spanning trees
Multiple spanning tree example--determining root cost
Root cost comparison
Configuring spanning tree protocol
Configuring a Spanning Tree Group
Bridge--STG tab fields
Select VLANS to Associate with STG dialog box fields
About Spanning Tree bridge
Configuring Spanning Tree bridge
Bridge--General tab fields
Bridge--Spanning Tree tab fields
Configuring Spanning Tree port
Port--Spanning Tree tab fields
Enabling or disabling spanning tree on a port
Bridge--STG Port tab fields
Bridge--STP Port tab
IP routing configuration
Configuring IP interfaces
Manually configuring an IP interface
Interfaces fields
Configuring default gateways
IP Routing--General tab fields
Gateways fields
Enabling IP forwarding
Viewing IP routes
Routes tab fields
Configuring domain name system servers
DNS tab fields
Defining IP Address Ranges for the Local Route Cache
Adding and removing local networks
Local IP configuration fields
Configuring routing information protocol
RIP tab fields
Configuring IP forwarding per port
IP Routing--Ports tab fields
Configuring static routes
Static route configuration fields
Deleting a static route
Configuring virtual router redundancy protocol
Enabling virtual routing on the WSM
Virtual Routing--General tab fields
Configuring a virtual router
Routers fields
Configuring VRRP authentication on an IP interface
Virtual Routing--Interfaces fields
Configuring VRRP group parameters
Groups fields
Configuring virtual router priority tracking
Network management and diagnostics
Supported network management software
About the SNMP agent
Alteon WebSystems enterprise MIBs supported
SNMP standard MIBs supported
SNMP generic traps supported
SNMP Spanning Tree traps supported
Supported SNMP traps
Configuring the SNMP agent
Generating system messages
Syslog tab
Enabling or disabling syslog and SNMP traps
Syslog trap fields
Enabling or disabling authentication traps
Trap hosts fields
Configuring community strings
Configuring boot options
Viewing current software image details
Image tab fields
Selecting a software image to run
Selecting a configuration block to run
About port mirroring
Configuring port mirroring
Port mirror fields
Enabling port mirroring
General tab fields
Viewing device information
Configuring filters for Layer 4 switching
About Layer 4 filtering
Filtering tasks
Well-known protocol numbers
Well-known TCP/UDP application port numbers
About default filters
Configuring a default filter
Layer 4 Switching Filters--Filters fields
Creating a new filter
Server load balancing basics
About server load balancing
Methods of server load balancing
Topology rules for SLB
About load balancing metrics
Minimum Misses
Hash
Least connections
Round robin
Response time
Bandwidth
About connection timeouts for real servers
About real server maximum connections
Assigning backup or overflow servers
Virtual server load balancing
How virtual server load balancing works
Configuring virtual server load balancing
Configuring each real server
Real Servers fields
About IP address ranges for SLB
Configuring IP address ranges for SLB
SLB--General tab fields
Defining an IP interface on the WSM
Configuring a real server group
Real server group fields
Select Real Servers to Include in Group fields
Configuring a virtual server
Virtual server fields
Configuring services for a virtual server
Virtual server services fields
Configuring ports for server load balancing
SLB--Ports fields
Enabling or disabling server load balancing
Peers fields
Synchronize tab fields
Extending SLB topologies
Configuring proxy IP addresses
Disabling server processing on a switch port
Configuring a proxy IP address for a port
Mapping ports
Mapping a virtual server port to a real server port
Mapping multiple real server ports
Multiple port mapping example
Configuration steps for mapping multiple ports
Configuring multiple port mapping
Real Server Port fields
Providing direct access to real servers
About direct server return
Configuring direct server return
Configuring direct access mode
Assigning multiple IP addresses
Using proxy IP addresses
Mapping ports
Monitoring real servers and services
Using delayed binding to prevent DoS attacks
Enabling delayed binding for a server service
Detecting SYN attacks
Configuring SYN attack detection
SYN Attack fields
Load balancing special services
IP server load balancing
Configuring IP server load balancing
FTP server load balancing
Configuring FTP server load balancing
Domain name server load balancing
Configuration tasks for DNS load balancing
Configuring UDP-based DNS server load balancing
Configuring TCP-based DNS server load balancing
Real Time Streaming Protocol server load balancing
How RTSP server load balancing works
RTSP implementation comparison
Pre-configuration tasks for RTSP SLB
Configuring RTSP Layer 4 load balancing
Configuring RTSP Layer 7 load balancing
Wireless application server load balancing
How WAP SLB works using RADIUS snooping
Configuring WAP SLB using RADIUS snooping
Configuring WAP server load balancing
Wireless Application Protocol--General tab fields
Configuring the WAP RADIUS snooping filter
Intrusion Detection server load balancing
How Intrusion Detection SLB works
Configuring Intrusion Detection server load balancing
Configuring real servers for IDS SLB
Configuring real server groups for IDS SLB
Configuring ports for IDS SLB
Enabling IDS SLB
WAN link load balancing
How WAN link load balancing works
Configuring WAN link load balancing
Pre-configuration tasks for WAN link load balancing
Configuring real servers for WAN link load balancing
Configuring real server groups for WAN link load balancing
Configuring filters for WAN link load balancing
Improving WSM performance with VMA
Enabling VMA
Using proxy IP addresses and VMA
Firewall server load balancing
Firewall overview
Methods of firewall load balancing
About basic FWLB
About free-metric FWLB
About demilitarized zones
Basic FWLB implementation
Configuring basic FWLB
Configuring the 8600 switch for FWLB
Configuring FWLB on the public-side of the WSM network
Configuring FWLB on the private-side of the WSM network
Configuring the static routes at the firewalls for FWLB
Configuring basic FWLB with free-metric
Configuring basic FWLB with a DMZ
Monitoring the firewall
Monitoring firewall service
Monitoring physical links
Using HTTP Health Checks
Virtual private network server load balancing
Defining virtual private network
How VPN load balancing works
Configuring VPN load balancing
VPN load-balancing configuration example
Configuring private-side network devices
Configuring public-side network devices
Monitoring VPN configurations
Global server load balancing
How GSLB works
Configuring GSLB
Defining remote GSLB peers for the local site
Global SLB--Remote Sites fields
Configuring remote GSLB services for the local site
Enabling GSLB
Global SLB--General tab
IP proxy for non-HTTP redirects
How IP proxy works
Configuring IP proxy for non-HTTP redirects
About GSLB network preferences
Configuring GSLB network preferences
Global SLB--Lookup tab
Global SLB--Network Preferences fields
Application Redirection
About Application Redirection
Configuring Web Cache Redirection
Configuring delayed binding for Web Cache Redirection
About RTSP WCR
Configuring RTSP for Web Cache Redirection
Configuring IP proxies with Application Redirection
Excluding noncacheable sites
Health Checking
About health checking
About service failures
About server failures
Enabling graceful server failure
Types of real server group health checks
Configuring a health check for a real server group
Modifying the health check interval and retries
ICMP health checking
ARP health checking
Direct server return health checking
Configuring DSR health checks
Link health checking
TCP health checking
Script-based health checking
Configuring script-based health checks
Application health checking
HTTP health checking
Configuring HTTP health checks
UDP-based DNS health checking
IMAP server health checking
RADIUS server health checking
Configuring the RADIUS authentication string
HTTPS/SSL server health checking
WAP gateway health checking
Configuring WSP content health checks
Defining WSP content to check
Configuring the UDP service for WSP health check
Configuring WTLS health checks
LDAP health checking
Configuring LDAP health checking
Changing the LDAP version
Maintaining session persistence
About session persistence
Effects of using source IP address for session persistence
Using cookies for session persistence
Using SSL session ID for session persistence
About cookie-based persistence
Defining permanent versus temporary cookies
Cookie formats
Cookie properties
Handling client browsers that do not accept cookies
Defining cookie persistence modes
Insert cookie mode
Passive cookie mode
Rewrite cookie mode
Configuring cookie-based session persistence
Examples of cookie values
Example 1: Setting the cookie location
Example 2: Parsing the cookie
Example 3: Using passive cookie mode
Example 4: Using rewrite cookie mode
SSL session ID-based persistence
How SSL session ID-based persistence works
Example of SSL session ID-based persistence
Configuring SSL session ID-based persistence
Content-intelligent switching
URL-based server load balancing
URL string formats
Configuring URL-based SLB
Defining a string for URL load balancing
URL Parsing--Load Balance fields
Configuring a real server for URL-based load balancing
Enabling URL-based SLB for the server service
Monitoring URL-based SLB
Virtual hosting
Virtual hosting configuration overview
Configuring the host header for virtual hosting
Cookie-based preferential load balancing
Example of cookie-based preferential load balancing
Defining cookie-based criteria
Configuring cookie-based preferential load balancing
Configuring browser-smart load balancing
URL hashing for server load balancing
Configuring URL hashing
Configuring header hash load balancing
DNS load balancing
Configuring DNS query load balancing
Layer 7 RTSP load balancing
Configuring RTSP SLB using pattern matching
SLB--RTSP fields
Content-intelligent Web Cache Redirection
URL-based Web Cache Redirection
Defining URL-based WCR expressions
URL-based WCR illustration
Network address translation options
Configuring URL-based WCR
Configuring the WSM for SLB
Adding or removing noncacheable expressions
URL Parsing--Expressions fields
Configuring redirection requests
URL Parsing--Redirection tab fields
Configuring filters for Web Cache Redirection
Monitoring WCR statistics
Configuring HTTP header-based Web Cache Redirection
Configuring HTTP header-based redirection requests
Exclusionary string matching for real servers
Configuring exclusionary URL string matching
Regular expression matching
Standard regular expression characters
Rules for using standard regular expressions
Configuring regular expressions
Content precedence lookup
Using the operators Or and And
Configuring content precedence for a service
Assigning multiple strings
Configuring a Layer 7 deny filter
Bandwidth management
About bandwidth management
Statistics and history
Policies
BWM policy granularity limits
Data pacing
Contracts
Contract classifications
Contract precedence
URL-based BWM
HTTP header-based BWM
Cookie-based BWM
Frame Discard
Packet coloring (TOS bits) for burst limit
Using Virtual Matrix Architecture with BWM
Configuring bandwidth management
Configuration prerequisites for BWM
Enabling bandwidth management
Bandwidth Management--General tab fields
Configuring BWM policy
Traffic Policies fields
Configuring a BWM contract
Traffic Contracts fields
Configuring BWM classification
Assigning a BWM contract to a virtual server
Sending BWM statistics to a user
SLB--URL-Based BWM fields
Working with Statistics
About statistics and graphing
Working with data tables
Working with charts
WSM blade statistics
IP statistics
WSM Blade--IP tab fields
Received ICMP statistics
WSM Blade--ICMP In tab fields
Sent ICMP statistics
WSM Blade--ICMP Out tab fields
RIP statistics
WSM Blade--RIP tab fields
SNMP statistics
WSM Blade--SNMP tab fields
WebOS statistics
WSM Blade--WebOS Stats tab fields
Statistics
WSM Blade--Stats tab fields
MP CPU statistics
WSM Blade--MP CPU Stats tab fields
RADIUS account statistics
Radius Account tab fields
Bridge forwarding statistics
Forwarding statistics
Bridge Forwarding DB--Forwarding tab
Base port statistics
Bridge Forwarding DB--Base Port tab
TP port statistics
Bridge Forwarding DB--TP Port tab fields
Port statistics
Port interface statistics
Port--Interface tab fields
Ethernet statistics
Port--Ethernet tab fields
Bridge statistics
Port--Bridge tab fields
Load balance statistics
Port--Load Balance tab fields
Port CPU statistics
Port--CPU Statistics tab fields
IP routing statistics
Route statistics
IP Routing--Route tab fields
ARP statistics
IP Routing--ARP tab fields
Interface statistics
IP routing--Interface tab fields
IP address statistics
IP Routing--IP Address tab fields
TCP statistics
IP Routing--TCP tab fields
TCP connection statistics
IP Routing--TCP Connection tab fields
UDP statistics
IP Routing--UDP tab fields
UDP local statistics
IP Routing--UDP Local tab fields
Virtual routing statistics
Virtual routing statistics
Virtual Routing--Statistics tab fields
Virtual routing state data
Virtual Routing--State tab fields
Layer 4 statistics
Server load balance statistics
Real server port statistics
SLB--Real Server Ports tab fields
Real servers statistics
SLB--Real Servers tab fields
Groups statistics
SLB--Groups tab fields
Virtual servers statistics
SLB--Virtual Servers tab fields
Real servers state data
SLB--Real Servers State tab fields
Maintenance statistics
SLB--Maintenance tab fields
DNS statistics
SLB--DNS tab fields
TCP Limit statistics
SLB--TCP Limit tab fields
Filter statistics
L4 Filters--Statistics tab
Remote real servers data
Global SLB--Remote Real Servers tab fields
URL statistics
Redirect statistics
URL--Redirect tab fields
URL load balance statistics
URL--Load Balance tab fields
RTSP statistics
RTSP--Statistics tab fields
Wireless Application Protocol statistics
Add session statistics
WAP--Add Sessions tab fields
Delete session statistics
WAP--Delete Sessions tab fields
Bandwidth management statistics
Traffic contract statistics
BWM--Traffic Contracts tab fields
Switch port traffic contract statistics
BWM--Switch Port Traffic Contracts tab fields